Information for record number MWA193:
Moxhull Pool

Summary Moxhull Pool, a fishpond used for the breeding and storing of fish, which dates to the Medieval period. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated to the north west of the Belfry Hotel.
What Is It?  
Type: Fishpond
Period: Medieval - Post-Medieval (1066 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wishaw
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 17 95
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Marked as a fishpond
2 The site now consists of a long snake-like pond, not dissimilar to the fishpond on reference
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3 During construction of the golf course that now occupies the site, the pool was extended along its SE boundary to form a large lake. The remainder was left intact.
 
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Source Type: Bibliographic reference
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Date: 1857
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Volume/Sheet: Inclosure Award
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Moxhull Pool
Author/originator: Dawson, P. Golf Construction Ltd
Date: 1977
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument POOL * A small body of water, either natural or artificial. back
monument HOTEL * A large building used for the accommodation of paying travellers and guests. back
monument GOLF COURSE * A prepared area of ground used to play the game of golf on. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FISHPOND * A pond used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish. back
monument LAKE * A large body of water surrounded by land. back
monument BOUNDARY * The limit to an area as defined on a map or by a marker of some form, eg. BOUNDARY WALL. Use specific type where known. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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