Fishpond to S of Ascote Hill

Description of this historic site

A large fishpond, used for the breeding and storage of fish, which dates to the Medieval/Post Medieval period. The site is now dry, and grassed, but survives as an earthwork. It is situated 300m south of Ascote Hill, Chapel Ascote.

Can you help?

Please upload a photograph of this historic site.

Notes about this historic site

1 Some fishpond systems include pools of enormous size, notably Chapel Ascote.
2 The field is known as Pool Meadow and is now dry and used for pasture, but the remains of a bank delineating a pond of enormous size are clearly visible. In 1768 it was described as being formerly all a large pool.
4 Map of 1768.
5 Pool meadow and a pool marked ‘millpond’ are marked on a plan of Chapel Ascote.
6 Plan of the large pond complex at Chapel Ascote.