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Description: | A SINGLE POND WHICH LIES IN THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL WEST-DRAINING VALLEY, SOUTH OF THE MOATED SITE AND DMV AT BUSLINGTHORPE. THE TRIANGULAR EMBANKED POND IS CREATED BY AN L-SHAPED DAM WITH A WEST ARM AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE STREAM, AT LEAST 2M HIGH AND WITH A SOUTH ARM DIMINISHING IN HEIGHT TO 1M AT ITS EAST END. THE DITCH OF AN AVOIDANCE CHANNEL RUNS ALONG ITS NORTH SIDE AND OVER- SPILL BACKING UP FROM THE POND WAS CHANNELLED AWAY ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE. A WATER-MILL PROBABLY STOOD OVER THE GAP IN THE DAM, NOW UTILIZED BY THE STREAM. THOUGH UNDOCUMENTED THIS POND IS PROBABLY A MANORIAL APPURTENANCE.{1}, HTM 18M
The scheduling of Buslingthorpe DMV includes the earthwork remains of the medieval pond. {4} | Subjects: | General Archaeology | Temporal: | 1066 - 1539 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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