Monument record MLI42241 - MOAT AND FISHPONDS IN GREAT STEEPING
Summary
MOAT AND FISHPONDS IN GREAT STEEPING
Type and Period (3)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
The north-west corner of the moat has been filled in although it is in a reasonably good state. To the south-west is a series of fishponds. {1}{2}
A medieval or post medieval moat and fishponds visible as earthworks and recorded from aerial photographs by the National Mapping Programme. The moat is rectangular and some 60m by 65m. It may have had an entrance on its north side. The fishponds include at least four ponds with connecting water channels. There is a water course that enters the fishponds from the east and another that leads from the fishponds south to the river Steeping. {3}
The LIDAR scans show evidence of small rectangular and square enclosed features and a moat. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI3053 Index: SMR FILE. GREAT STEEPING. TF 46 SW I -.
- <2> SLI2527 Index: OS CARD INDEX. GREAT STEEPING. TF 46 SW 3,1964, FEATHERSTON K J A.
- <3> SLI3613 Map: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1992-1996. National Mapping Programme. TF4363: LI.480.1.1-5.
- <4> SLI11584 Digital Archive: Environment Agency. 2006. Environment Agency Lidar Scans.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 4378 6339 (280m by 529m) |
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Civil Parish | GREAT STEEPING, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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