Medieval Fishponds 300m SW of Cestersover Farm
Description of this historic site
Medieval fishponds, used for the breeding and storing of fish. They are visible on aerial photographs, and are partly visible as an earthwork. They are situated 300m southwest of Cestersover Farm.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Bloxam quotes from a letter of Dr Stukeley (1722) which records various features at Cestersover including ‘dams or stanks for fishponds’ across a valley.
2 In the stream valley on the W of the house, a small pond bay is visible as an earthen bank protruding from an apparent railway construction spoil mound. Its E end is mutilated by a road and stream.
3 Aerial photograph.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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