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Post-Medieval Pondbay and Overspill Channel at Wapsbourne Farm is a water management structure dating to the post-medieval period. The monument comprises a pond bay and associated overflow channel, features typical of early modern agricultural and industrial water control systems in the Sussex Weald. Such installations served essential functions in powering mills, managing runoff, and supporting farming operations across the region during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The surviving earthworks represent the material infrastructure of pre-industrial rural economy and demonstrate the substantial investment landholders made in water engineering to maintain productive estates.
Post-Medieval Pondbay and Overspill Channel, Wapsbourne Farm. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013405. View the official record →
Post-Medieval Pondbay and Overspill Channel at Wapsbourne Farm is a water management structure dating to the post-medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013405.
Post-Medieval Pondbay and Overspill Channel, Wapsbourne 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 1013405.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle 240m east of Dean's Mill (5.1 km), Medieval farmstead at Buckham Hill, immediately north and south east of Princes (6.1 km), Moated site in Orchard Wood (6.6 km).
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