Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Langstone Fish Pond
Langstone, Newport, Wales
A scheduled monument in Langstone, Newport, recorded as Fishpond (Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Fishpond
- Period
- Medieval
- Community
- Langstone
- Unitary authority
- Newport
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.60333, -2.90489
- SAM number
- MM058
- Cadw record number
- 591
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a fishpond, used for the rearing, breeding, sorting and storing of fish, dating to the medieval or post-medieval period. The site comprises a series of low banks and ditches enclosing three sides of a rectangular area that is bounded to the N by a small stream. The site was originally thought to be the remains of a moated manor, however excavations have revealed that the ditches and the substantial inner bank were designed to contain water and that the site was used as a large fish pond.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval or post-medieval maritime agricultural practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Langstone motte and enclosureMotte and Baileyunder 1 mi
- Langstone Court FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Parish Church of LangstoneReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Barn at Priory FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.