Monument record 3972 - Possible post medieval pond and dam, north-west of Peacock Farm

Earthworks of a pond depicted on an early 19th-century map. Medieval pond remains located immediately west of Rushton Lodge in the valley of a small south flowing stream. All that remains is a roughly rectangular area, now almost dry, with traces of a bank or dam to the south.

{1} All that remains of the pond is a roughly rectangular area, now almost dry, with traces of a bank or dam, up to 1m high on the south. In 1837 it was a much larger pond, of irregular shape with a triangular island within it.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.134/Site 11 (checked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> 1837, Map of Rushton (NRO 345), (unchecked) (Map). SNN44112.

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Feb 7 2025 2:55PM