Information for record number MWA6387:
Site of Poss Fishpond 100m south of Bog Mill Stalls

Summary A possible fishpond used for the breeding and storage of fish. It is visible as an earthwork. It is of unknown date, and it is situated 500m east of New Covert, Admington.
What Is It?  
Type: Fishpond
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Admington
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 44
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 Earthworks of a possible fishpond are visible on air photographs.
3 The Earthworks are also marked on the OS 1:10 000 sheet.
4 The lords 'new fishpond' appears in a 1379 court record because William Dawes threw a still-born calf into it, after he had hit a pregnant cow belonging to the lord of the manor with a stick.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Aerial Photograph
Title: SP24NW
Author/originator: RAF
Date: 1947
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP24NW
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Aerial Photograph Transcript
Title: Admington parish
Author/originator: ARI
Date: 1991
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Admington Parish
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 1:10000 SP24SW
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: SP24SW
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Admington Survey 1992-3
Author/originator: Dyer C
Date: 1992-3
Page Number: 4
Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
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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monument FISHPOND * A pond used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish. back
monument MANOR * An area of land consisting of the lord's demesne and of lands from whose holders he may exact certain fees, etc. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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