TRENCHES FARM
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Earthworks of possible medieval fishponds or Tudor court garden at Trenches Farm.
Dimensions - Length 0090 m Width 0050
Plan Form - RECTANGULAR
CENTRAL AREA, NOW OVERGROWN WITH OSIERS, DIVIDED INTO PANS ALL CONNECTED TO DEEP WATERCOURSE SURROUNDING THE WHOLE. SOIL DUG OUT USED FOR RETAINING BANK ALONG S & E FORMING AMORPHOUS MOUNDS IN PLACES. CALLED 'THE TRENCHES' AND LOCALLY ATTRIBUTED TO CROMWELLIANS (B1-5).
PROB FISHPOND ASSOCIATED WITH MOAT [CASS 00301] (B4).
'Court Garden' shown on 1603 Treswell map and on 1607 Norden map at this approximate location (B6).
The Trenches interpreted by John Phibbs as remains of Elizabethan royal court garden comparable to the pleasaunce at Kenilworth and Bacon's water gardens at Gorehambury (B7).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Earthworks of possible medieval fishponds or Tudor court garden at Trenches Farm.
Date Listed
n/a