Monument record 1184/2 - Unnamed site in Goostrey Parish

Possible site of a mill of the manor of St Werburgh's at Barnshaw. A charter was granted to the convent by Michael de Gostre, by which the abbey was empowered to embank a lake for the use of their mill and also to serve them as a vivary or fishpond. Fishponds were often part of large estates or monasteries in medieval times. Fish was an important part of the diet for the rich, particularly for those in religious houses where abstinence from meat was frequently required.