Monument record 984/1/1 - Site of Medieval Fish Pond

<1> Thomspon, P, 1980, Frodsham: The Archaeological Potential of a Town, p.6 (Report). SCH1251.

Adjacent to the manor were three fishponds which are shown on the Tithe Map. One of these lay across the Chester Road, between Dig Lane Farm and the Castle.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 163/2, c.1846 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts an approximately north south aligned linear pond, curving to the north-east at it's northern end. It is approximately 180 metres long and up to twenty metres wide. The plot name is Old Wash.

<3> Swallow, R, 2018, What law says that there has to be a castle? The castle landscape of Frodsham, Cheshire, p.134 (Article in Book). SCH9736.

A previously unrecorded, curved bank and ditch feature to the west of the park, which appears to be an extension of Dig Lane to its north, is clearly visible on the 1836 Tithe map and LIDAR survey. This feature may form part of the bailey to a motte and bailey castle, an enclosure associated with the castle and fortified manor house, or a preconquest manorial site. See CHER 984/1/0.