Monument record 2523/1/1 - Fishponds, Upper Lyveden

The much mutilated remains of a set of fishponds associated with the moated site immediately to the north-east.

{1}EWKS; MED FISHPONDS (1); PLAN: FIG 83 (2);

{2} Immediately to the south-west of the moat are the now much mutilated remains of a set of fishponds;

{3} The site was surveyed in 1975. Two irregularly-shaped fishponds separated by a dam with an island in the western one. They are embanked to the south.

{4} Published survey of moat (25" undated) revised. Associated fish ponds to the immediate S.W. - resurveyed at 1/2500.

{5} Survey of 17.4.62 correct but the water level is apparently subject to seasonal variations.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p. 74/site 8 (Series). SNN77379.

<3> Aberg, A (Ed), 1976, Moated Sites Research Group Report 3, p. 11 & plan (Monograph). SNN66232.

<4> Seaman, B H, 1962, Field Investigators Comments, F1 BHS 17-APR-62 (Note). SNN113373.

<5> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments, F2 BHS 12-SEP-69 (Notes). SNN111907.

Record last edited

Sep 19 2023 12:39PM