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| HER Number | MWB3740 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | HAMSTEAD MARSHALL PARK FISHPONDS |
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Summary
TWO LARGE FISHPONDS, POSSIBLY ORIGINALLY THREE (AS THE ONE TO THE NE HAS A BANK ALMOST ACROSS ITS ENTIRE WIDTH).
Associated Legal Designations or Protected Status
- Registered Park or Garden (II) 1000525: Hamstead Marshall Park
Other Statuses and Cross-References
- Berkshire SMR No. (pre 2000): 01838.00.000
Monument Type(s):
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full Description
These fishponds lie within the Registered Hamstead Marshall park, but not within a scheduled area. It is possible that their creation was linked with the management of deer, as a water supply would have been necessary within the deer park <2>. A possible (earlier) second set of fishponds exists in between the two castles mottes to the west of these ponds.
The Registered Park description <4> suggests that the deer park and fishponds date from at least the early 13th century.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1924. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks IV 1924. Vol 4. p182. [Monograph / SWB10281]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4 (Accessed 24/09/2015) |
| <02> | English Heritage. 1997?. Monument Class Descriptions. http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/mpp/mcd/index.htm. Accessed 28/11/2006. Deer Parks. [Website / SWB146850]
http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/mpp/mcd/index.htm (Accessed 02/04/2012) |
| <03> | Babtie. 1995. Hamstead Park Historic Tree Survey and Management Plan. [Unpublished document / SWB146846] |
| <04> | Historic England (previously English Heritage). 1987. Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. Hamstead Marshall Park. [Unpublished document / SWB12616] |
Related Monuments
| MWB3332 | HAMSTEAD PARK - General record (Landscape) |
| MWB15773 | Hamstead Park (Park) (Landscape) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
| EWB912 | Hamstead Park Historic Tree Survey and Management Plan |
| EWB1677 | Hamstead Park Revised Parkland Plan |
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