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Name:MEDIEVAL WATER-CONTROL FEATURES AND FISHPONDS
HER Number:MLI41145
Type of record:Monument

Summary

MEDIEVAL WATER-CONTROL FEATURES AND FISHPONDS

Grid Reference:TF 279 930
Map Sheet:TF29SE
Parish:NORTH ORMSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SCHEDULED AREA ARE THE EARTHWORKS OF A SERIES OF PONDS AND MOATS LINKED BY THE VALLEY'S WATER-COURSE, MADE UP OF FISHPONDS AND CHANNELS. ADJACENT TO THE WEST IS ANOTHER RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE , SURROUNDED BY A WATER-FILLED MOAT WHICH IS LINKED ON THE WEST TO A SUBRECTANGULAR POND. THESE MOATED ENCLOSURES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE OF MEDIEVAL ORIGIN WITH POST MEDIEVAL ALTERATIONS. EXCLUDED FROM THE SCHEDULING ARE THE FARM BUILDINGS AND YARD AT ABBEY FARM, AND ALL FENCES; THE GROUND BENEATH THESE FEATURES IS, HOWEVER, INCLUDED. THE GROUND BENEATH THE MAIN FARMYARD AREA AND THE BUILDINGS WHICH ENCLOSE IT, COVERING AN AREA ROUGHLY 50 M SQUARE, IS EXCLUDED TO A DEPTH OF 0.5 M ALTHOUGH THE GROUND BELOW THIS DEPTH IS INCLUDED. FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE MONUMENT SEE REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 22624. {1}{2}, HTM 80M


<1> ENGLISH HERITAGE, 1996, REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 22624, MPP 23 (Scheduling Record). SLI4255.

<2> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF2792,3:LI.331.1.15-17,1993, (Map). SLI3613.

<3> 1945-84, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION, FO48,49,51,52,1951, (Aerial Photograph). SLI173.

<4> 1945-84, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION, AFQ11,1962, (Aerial Photograph). SLI173.

<5> 1945-84, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION, CFI52,1978, (Aerial Photograph). SLI173.

Monument Types

  • FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument

Sources and further reading

<1>Scheduling Record: ENGLISH HERITAGE. 1996. REVISED SCHEDULING DOCUMENT 22624. MPP 23.
<2>Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF2792,3:LI.331.1.15-17,1993, .
<3>Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. FO48,49,51,52,1951, .
<4>Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. AFQ11,1962, .
<5>Aerial Photograph: 1945-84. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY COLLECTION. CFI52,1978, .

Related records

MLI41146Related to: Medieval Settlement Remains, North Ormsby (Monument)
MLI43237Related to: Possible Prehistoric Field System Remains, North Ormsby (Monument)
MLI41147Related to: Post-Medieval Garden Remains and Park, North Ormsby (Monument)
MLI43236Related to: Post-Medieval Settlement Remains, North Ormsby (Monument)
MLI43582Related to: The Gilbertine priory of St Mary, North Ormsby and a post dissolution house (Monument)

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