Monument record 0185514000 - POSSIBLE FISHPONDS AT MISSENDEN ABBEY

Summary

Possible medieval fishponds identified in topographical survey.

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FISHPOND? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Evidence survives of at least three ponds next to River Misbourne with traces of possibly two more. Allowing for partition baulks, they measured c. 30m x 60m. Assuming that they are fishponds they lie on level ground downstream from the abbey where the Misbourne is more robust and stable than further up towards its source (B12).

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  • ---SBC17410 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/92. BCM A16/1/11-12. SP\897012. Yes.
  • ---SBC17412 Aerial Photograph: 06/03/92. BCM A16/1/15-17. SP\898008. Yes.
  • <12>SBC22225 Unpublished document: Mike C J Davis. 2004. The Landscape of Missenden Abbey. pp 14-15,78, maps 3 & 6, fig 21.

Location

Grid reference SP 89896 00601 (point)
Civil Parish GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Contour survey of possible fishponds, Missenden Abbey (EBC16933)

Record last edited

May 11 2009 4:00PM

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