Monument record 307/0/1 - Medieval/Post Medieval Fishponds

Two fishponds, both of which have been altered in post-medieval times but are probably medieval in origin.

{1} Two fishponds in the valley of a north flowing stream. Both have been altered in post medieval times but are probably medieval in origin. The lower pond is rectangular, 1.75m deep, with a massive dam on the north, now over 3m high, but presumably heightened to carry the modern road which crosses it. In 1806 it was depicted with two long parallel islands within it. The upper pond is more irregular with at its south end a small island also marked on the 1806 map.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.148/Site 5 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<2> 1806, Thorpe Mandeville Estate Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN9834.

<3> Royal Air Force, RAF Vertical Aerial Photographs, RAF VAP CPE/UK/1994, 1025–7 (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN105265.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCC AP: SP5344/1-3 (Photographs). SNN104822.

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