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The medieval fishponds and ridged cultivation remains east of Grimley village form a scheduled ancient monument in Worcestershire that preserves evidence of medieval agricultural and aquacultural practices. The site comprises a series of fishponds, likely dating to the medieval period, alongside ridge and furrow cultivation patterns that reflect the strip-field farming systems characteristic of the medieval English countryside. These earthworks demonstrate the integrated approach to land use in medieval rural settlements, where water management for fish production was combined with arable agriculture. The survival of these landscape features provides archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns and economic activities in the Worcestershire region.
Medieval fishponds and ridged cultivation remains, east of Grimley village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014539. View the official record →
The medieval fishponds and ridged cultivation remains east of Grimley village form a scheduled ancient monument in Worcestershire that preserves evidence of medieval agricultural and aquacultural practices.
Medieval fishponds and ridged cultivation remains, east of Grimley village 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 1014539.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including City walls: section extending 85ft (30m) along W side of Talbot Street (5.9 km), Western range of monastic buildings of the Cathedral Priory (6 km), City walls: section extending 280ft (90m) W and SW of Clare Street (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval fishponds and ridged cultivation remains, east of Grimley village'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.
Medieval fishponds and ridged cultivation remains, east of Grimley village stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.