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The two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham, are medieval water management features located in Hampshire. These ponds form part of the surviving landscape infrastructure of Quarr Abbey, a Benedictine priory established in the twelfth century on the Isle of Wight, with this particular site representing monastic resources managed in the mainland holdings of the abbey. Fishponds were essential to monastic economies, providing a reliable protein source through fish cultivation and representing significant investment in water engineering. The ponds at Puckers Copse survive as earthwork features and remain an important archaeological record of the abbey's extensive landed estates and its systematic exploitation of environmental resources during the medieval period.
Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014729. View the official record →
The two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham, are medieval water management features located in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014729.
Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham 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 1014729.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse (4.8 km), Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery (4.8 km), Bowl barrow on Arreton Down (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham stands on Solent Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleogene. The rock here is clay, silt and sand.