Monument record 830/3/6 - Rookery Pool

A large pool which has been dammed at its eastern end. The present dam is shown as Connersley Pool on early estate map of Vale Royal. It probably acted as a manorial and abbey fishpond. A second pool must have existed as a breached earthen dam carries a footpath to the east of this site. Fish ponds 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.