Monument record 4289/0/1 - Possible Post Medieval Pond and Dam

Remains of large earth dam. Shown on 1840 tithe map.

{1} Dam (SP 781753) lies across a small S-draining valley, on Jurassic Clay at 122 m. above OD. The broad earthen bank 2 m. high and 25 m. across formerly ponded back a small triangular lake. The dam is not shown on the 1746 map of the parish but both the dam and the lake are depicted on the 1840 Tithe Map.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1981, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.124/Site 17 (checked) (Series). SNN77381.

<2> 1746, Map of Faxton (Possible Inclosure Map), (unchecked) (Map). SNN26677.

<3> 1840, Faxton Tithe Map, (unchecked) (Map). SNN26679.

<4> Taylor P., 1992, Fishponds Report 1992, (checked) (Report). SNN1339.

<5> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, NCC APs: SP 7775/1+2 & SP 7875/16 (Photographs). SNN104822.

<6> Royal Air Force, Vertical Aerial Photography, A/P (RAF VAP CPE/UK/1925 4367-8) (Photographs). SNN104890.

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Dec 11 2023 10:35AM