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Ponds SW of Wootton Bridge is a series of medieval fishponds located in Warwickshire. The ponds represent the characteristic water management infrastructure of the medieval period, when such features were integral to the economy and subsistence of rural manorial settlements. The site demonstrates the landscape engineering practices employed by medieval landowners to exploit local topography for fish production, a valuable protein source. The ponds survive as earthwork features that preserve evidence of this important aspect of medieval agricultural and economic organisation.
Ponds SW of Wootton Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005728. View the official record →
Ponds SW of Wootton Bridge is a series of medieval fishponds located in Warwickshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005728.
Ponds SW of Wootton Bridge 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 1005728.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks W of St Peter's Church (0.3 km), Aqueduct (0.6 km), Moated site 240m north west of Preston Hill Farm (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ponds SW of Wootton Bridge'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.
Ponds SW of Wootton Bridge stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.