Site of Poss Fishpond 100m south of Bog Mill Stalls
Description of this historic site
A possible fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish. It is visible as an earthwork. It is of unknown date, and it is situated 500m east of New Covert, Admington.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Earthworks of a possible fishpond are visible on air photographs.
3 The earthworks are also marked on the OS 1:10 000 sheet.
4 The lords ‘new fishpond’ appears in a 1379 court record because William Dawes threw a still-born calf into it, after he had hit a pregnant cow belonging to the lord of the manor with a stick.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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