Monument record MLI41145 - MEDIEVAL WATER-CONTROL FEATURES AND FISHPONDS

Summary

MEDIEVAL WATER-CONTROL FEATURES AND FISHPONDS

Type and Period (2)

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

Protected Status/Designation

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

Sources/Archives (5)

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

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 2792 9301 (340m by 139m)
Civil Parish NORTH ORMSBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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