Fishponds at Nuneaton Priory

Description of this historic site

The site of two Medieval fishponds used for the breeding and storage of fish, that were associated with Nuneaton Priory. They are visible as earthworks and are situated east of Manor Court Road, Nuneaton.

Notes about this historic site

1 Two rectilinear hollows and a bank follow the stream. These hollows are almost certainly small fishponds but there is no trace of any leats associated with them.
2 Plan included in the above article.
3 Scheduled as Warwickshire Monument No 105.
4 Rescheduled as Scheduled Monument 17005.
5 Some 400 yards to the W of the church are some ponds, which may originally have been the fishponds of the priory.
6 Revision of scheduling.

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