Scheduled MonumentsEnglandFishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm

Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm

England
List entry 1018119
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018119
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.66 hectares
Grid reference
SK 49030 52846
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm is a medieval archaeological monument located in Nottinghamshire. The site comprises a series of constructed water management features typical of the medieval period, when artificial fishponds were established as important resources for food production and estate management. Such ponds were characteristic of monastic and manorial landscapes, serving both practical subsistence purposes and demonstrating the status and organisational capacity of their proprietors. The remains survive as earthwork features in the landscape and contribute to understanding the medieval economy and land use patterns of the region.

Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018119. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm?

Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm is a medieval archaeological monument located in Nottinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018119.

Who is responsible for protecting Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm?

Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm 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 1018119.

What other scheduled monuments are near Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Saints Church and graveyard, 150m south of Annesley Hall Lodge (1.4 km), Annesley motte and bailey castle (2.2 km), Castle Hill fortified manor (2.9 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm

Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Fishponds 170m south of Damstead Farm

ThorpeRoman town · ~16.7 milesBattle of Stoke (Field) 1487Battle (1487) · ~15.8 miles