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HER Number (PRN):04071
Name:Medieval fishpond/ reservoir in field called Quabbs, High Ercall Hall
Type of Record:Monument
Protected Status:None recorded

Monument Type(s):

Summary

This site represents: a reservoir of medieval date, a fishpond of medieval date.

Parish:Ercall Magna, Telford and Wrekin
Map Sheet:SJ51NE
Grid Reference:SJ 5933 1709

Related records

05596Part of: Medieval manor site, High Ercall (Monument)
05585Related to: Flax yard, High Ercall (Monument)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded

Description

The pond near Ercall Hall in the field called Quabbs may have served a double purpose-as a stew for fish for the hall, and as a source of water for retting flax from the lords linarium nearby. This pond has been drained but a hollow in the field still indicates where it used to be <1><2>

Evaluated for MPP in 1990-1, Low score as one of 52 Fishponds.<3>

Site occupied by a housing estate by c 2000 AD. <4>


<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, SMR Sheets Collection, SMR Sheet for PRN SA 04071 (Card index). SSA20723.


<01> Hill M C, 1984, The Desmesne and the Waste (Article in serial). SSA9190.


<02> Ferris Iain & Litherland Steve J, 1991, Archaeological work at Ercall Hall, High Ercall, Shropshire, in 1991 (Archaeological fieldwork report). SSA674.


<03> Horton Wendy B, 1990/ 1991, MPP Evaluation File (TEXT). SSA20084.


<04> UK Perspectives, 1999/ 2002, UK Perspectives MAPS Digital Aerial Photographic Data Set for Shropshire (Vertical aerial photograph). SSA21901.

Sources

[00]SSA20723 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. SMR Sheets Collection. SMR record sheets. SMR Sheet for PRN SA 04071.
[01]SSA9190 - Article in serial: Hill M C. 1984. The Desmesne and the Waste. Trans Shropshire Archaeol Hist Soc. Vol 62.
[02]SSA674 - Archaeological fieldwork report: Ferris Iain & Litherland Steve J. 1991. Archaeological work at Ercall Hall, High Ercall, Shropshire, in 1991. BUFAU Rep. 171.
[03]SSA20084 - TEXT: Horton Wendy B. 1990/ 1991. MPP Evaluation File.
[04]SSA21901 - Vertical aerial photograph: UK Perspectives. 1999/ 2002. UK Perspectives MAPS Digital Aerial Photographic Data Set for Shropshire. Colour. ECW. 1:10000.
Date Last Edited:Mar 4 2019 8:37AM

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