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Fishpond, located 400 metres south-west of Ray Cottages in Northumberland, is a medieval or early post-medieval artificial pond constructed for the management and storage of fish. The site represents evidence of organised aquaculture practised on estates during the medieval period, when such fishponds formed an important component of the food economy on manorial lands. The earthwork survives as a substantial depression in the landscape, retaining physical traces of its original construction through the form of the pond basin and associated banks. Such features are frequently encountered across northern England as testimony to medieval land management and the provision of freshwater fish for domestic consumption and sustenance.
Fishpond, 400m south-west of Ray Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011110. View the official record →
Fishpond, located 400 metres south-west of Ray Cottages in Northumberland, is a medieval or early post-medieval artificial pond constructed for the management and storage of fish. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011110.
Fishpond, 400m south-west of Ray Cottages 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 1011110.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British farmstead, 600m west of Little Swinburne Reservoir (8.9 km), Romano-British farmstead, 850m west of Little Swinburne Reservoir (9 km), Stone hut circles and linear boundary, 750m south-east of Low Cowden (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Fishpond, 400m south-west of Ray Cottages'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.
Fishpond, 400m south-west of Ray Cottages stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.