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| CHER Number: | 01874 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Fish ponds, Bishop of Ely's Palace |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 359 776 |
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| Parish: | Somersham, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument () 1010475: Medieval magnate's moated residence (the Bishop of Ely's Palace) with fishponds and a later moated site, south of Somersham
Full description
1. Fish ponds, may be Medieval or Tudor. (16th century).
Two large rectangular fish ponds separated by a causeway which once acted as a Medieval dam between the two ponds. The eastern pond has now been entirely destroyed by a modern housing estate. The larger western one remains almost completely intact and is bounded by a massive bank or scarp up to 2,5m high. Line of four smaller fish ponds to S of moated site (SAM 199).
The area of the surviving large fish pond has now been added to SAM 20415.
See RN 01078 - Bishop's Palace, Somersham SAM 20415
<1> Taylor, C.C., 1989, Somersham Palace. Cambridgeshire. A Medieval Landscape for Pleasure? (Article in monograph). SCB1388.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Article in monograph: Taylor, C.C.. 1989. Somersham Palace. Cambridgeshire. A Medieval Landscape for Pleasure?. |
Related records
| 01078 | Related to: Bishop of Ely's Palace, Somersham (Monument) |
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