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| Name: | THE CAMP, Medieval fishery, Higham Gobion |
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| HER No.: | 404 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Summary
Triangular earthwork forming a dam to enclose a large pond with a central mound for a nesting island. A series of smaller fishponds attached to SE corner
Full Description
An earthwork comprising a central mound and a roughly triangular outer bank, with a group of fishponds outside the south east corner. Situated in a non-defensive position on a flood plain. The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (County No 7) but has been scheduled as a motte and bailey castle. The mound is flat topped, 30m in diameter and 3.7m high from the base of the slight ditch which surrounds it. The banks measure up to 12m wide, and 2m high from the base of the shallow inner ditch. The three outer fishponds, which seem to be later than the bank, are approx 35m long and 1m deep. At the north corner the bank is wider and flat topped, and has a slight gap in it.
The site appears to be a fishery, possibly manorial. The outer bank does not appear defensive, and the area inside seems to be designed to be flooded. The mound, although it resembles a motte, was probably intended as a nesting island.
A reference to a group of Roman finds including coins, querns and pottery in this area may refer to this site, but this is uncertain. They may refer to HER411.
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument 7: Castle mound (The Camp)
- SHINE: Medieval Fishery, The Camp; Scheduled Monument
Monument Types
- DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SBD10508 - Slide: HER Slide Archive. 6673 |
| --- | SBD10509 - Unpublished document: A Simco. A Simco. Notes on Arch J reference |
| --- | SBD10574 - Article in serial: 1908. Victoria County History, Bedfordshire. Vol 1, pp 276-278 (illus p 277) |
| --- | SBD10593 - Aerial Photograph: Cambridge AP index. LK 4-5 (22/4/1953) TL 106333 |
| --- | SBD10644 - Unpublished document: D N Hall. Field Notes. Survey, with P Martin |
| --- | SBD10706 - Bibliographic reference: Wadmore. 1920. Earthworks of Bedfordshire. pp 245-247 |
| --- | SBD10783 - Unpublished document: 1937. Bedfordshire Regional Planning Authority Report. p 187 |
| --- | SBD10785 - Article in serial: Archaeological Journal. Vol 39, 1882, pp 281-281 (pp 27-28 in reprint) |
| --- | SBD10803 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. SAM record form. County no 7 |
| --- | SBD10865 - Unpublished document: A W Guppy. Pers comm Feb 1974 |
| --- | SBD11053 - Unpublished document: OS: TL 13. TL 13 SW 1 |
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