Monument record 0008901000 - LEE WOOD

Dimensions - Length 100m.
Plan Form - Triangular.
POND ENCLOSED BY BANKS. ALONGSIDE A NORTHERN BANK IS AN ARTIFICIAL STREAM CHANNEL. SHORT LENGTH OF BANK ON S SIDE (B3).
POND FORMED BY SUBSTANTIAL N-S DAM ACROSS RIVER RAY DEFINED ON N SIDE BY A BANK & OVERFLOW CHANNEL. DETAILED EARTHWORK SURVEY & TEST PITS SUGGEST SITE WAS A FISHPOND, NOT A MILL (SEE REPORT)(B6).
A single large 'pond bay' on the River Ray. Covers about 4.4 acres (B7).



(SP 70432127) The site of an embanked fishpond, formed by the damming of a stream by a 12.0m wide bank, and contained by further banks to the N and S. The pond may be that shown on 16th century map of Doddershall House (reproduced in Lipscomb) named Nor Lye Pond. Noted by W George. The dam of the pond is an earth bank, now turf-covered, between 12.0m and 20.0m wide, with a maximum height of 2.0m. It has an overall length of some 100.0m north - south, and an eastward arm of about 25.0m, curving round at the north end of the main dam. On the north side of the former pond is a 300.0m long sluiceway, dug in the gently sloping valley side. For the majority of its course the sluice has a bank 0.5m to 0.8m high on its south side. The ditch itself gradually deepens to a maximum of 2.0m at its west end, where it enters the pond through a narrow channel. There is a westward extension of the sluiceway, probably used as a spillway, and as the normal stream course when
the pond was full. Surveyed on 1:2500 AM. The farmer states that the field, now under pasture, is known as "Sluice Field". No finds have been made (B8).
NRHE inseet 1998 (B9).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.