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Fishponds at Esp Hill is a medieval fishpond system located in Denbighshire, Wales. The site comprises constructed water management features characteristic of medieval agricultural and subsistence practices, when fishponds served both as food production resources and elements of estate management. The surviving earthworks indicate deliberate engineering to create and maintain water bodies for fish farming, a common undertaking on Welsh and English estates from the twelfth century onwards. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference DE224.
Fishponds at Esp Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE224. View the official record →
Fishponds at Esp Hill is a medieval fishpond system located in Denbighshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE224.
Fishponds at Esp Hill dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a fishpond. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Fishponds at Esp Hill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is DE224.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Holt Castle (0.6 km), Farndon Holt Bridge Also in Clwyd: Wales (0.8 km), Shocklach Castle motte and moated enclosure (4.3 km).
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