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Latitude: 51.9926 / 51°59'33"N
Longitude: -0.7887 / 0°47'19"W
OS Eastings: 483264.466536
OS Northings: 233375.567866
OS Grid: SP832333
Mapcode National: GBR D0T.5D8
Mapcode Global: VHDTD.85WT
Entry Name: Fishpond in Water Spinney 600m SE of St Giles's Church Tattenhoe
Scheduled Date: 23 December 1991
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1007931
English Heritage Legacy ID: 19018
County: Milton Keynes
Civil Parish: Shenley Brook End
Built-Up Area: Milton Keynes
Traditional County: Buckinghamshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire
Church of England Parish: Watling Valley, Milton Keynes
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
The monument includes a large medieval fishpond situated in Water Spinney,
Tattenhoe. It consists of a substantial earthen dam which now forms the
northern boundary of Water Spinney, standing up to 1.5m high and extending
north-west to south-east for some 100m. The dam was designed to hold back the
waters of a small stream and so create a rectangular fishpond up to 350m long
and 100m wide, orientated south-west to north-east. The pond is probably
contemporary with the remains of the deserted medieval village of Tattenhoe
which formerly occupied much of the area to the north-west.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic England
Fishponds consist of one or more artificially constructed pools of slow moving
fresh water for the purpose of managing stocks of various fresh water fish.
They can have a variety of forms and the type of pond-bay fishpond occurring
at Water Spinney, though common elsewhere in the country, is unusual in the
environs of Milton Keynes. It also occurs in association with the earthwork
remains of the deserted medieval village of Tattenhoe and as such, contributes
to a detailed picture of the medieval economy and land use in this area of the
Midlands.
Source: Historic England
Books and journals
Croft, R A , 'M.K. Arch Unit paper' in Tattenhoe Water Spinney, Medieval Fishpond And Dam, (1985)
Source: Historic England
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