Pond Bay 200m NE of Merevale Abbey
Description of this historic site
A fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish, dating to the Medieval period. It is visible as an earthwork. It lies 200m north east of Merevale Abbey.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Earthworks of an old fishpond “Pond Bay” are marked on the OSmaps.
2 This is 150m long, running NW-SE, and has been plotted on the ridge and furrow plot for Merevale Parish (PRN 3948).
3 Included in SAM 21571. The earthworks in the area known as Pond Bay relate to the damming of the stream to the N of the conventual buildings to create two large ponds. The 3m high bank at Pond Bay is the remains of the dam which would have created a large body of water along the northern boundary of the monastery.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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