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The Dam of King's Fishpond is a medieval water management structure located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of an earthen dam constructed to impound water for the purpose of maintaining a fishpond, a feature characteristic of aristocratic and monastic estates during the medieval period. The structure reflects the importance of fish farming as a food resource in medieval England, particularly for royal and high-status households. The dam survives as an upstanding earthwork that remains a visible reminder of the hydraulic engineering practices employed by medieval landowners.
Dam of King's fishpond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005644. View the official record →
The Dam of King's Fishpond is a medieval water management structure located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005644.
Dam of King's fishpond is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1005644.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 400m south-east of Culley's Farm Cottages (5.3 km), Long barrow in Barrow Copse (5.5 km), Romano-British kilns, Column Ride, Savernake Forest (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dam of King's fishpond's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Dam of King's fishpond stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.