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Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green is an ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of medieval settlement and agricultural features located in Nottinghamshire. The site consists of two distinct moated enclosures alongside a series of five fishponds, representing typical medieval lord's settlement and water management infrastructure. The moats likely date to the medieval period and would have served defensive and status-defining purposes, whilst the fishponds formed part of the manorial economy for fish farming, a significant food resource in medieval times. These earthwork features survive as substantial topographical evidence of medieval rural settlement patterns and the productive landscape associated with a substantial medieval holding.
Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009154. View the official record →
Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green is an ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of medieval settlement and agricultural features located in Nottinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009154.
Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green 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 1009154.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kilvington medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 400m south west of Staunton Hall (4 km), Cranmer's Mound: motte castle, prospect mound, moated fishponds, enclosure, hollow way and ridge and furrow (5.5 km), Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two moats and five fishponds at Top Green stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.