The Excavation of a Monastic Fishing Establishment at Oldstead Grange, North Yorkshire

Abstract

Excavations directed by the writer in 1982-3 for the University of York Archaeological Society uncovered the foundations of a small structure on the shores of a fishpond that belonged to Byland Abbey in the 14th century. The site's location, combined with a number of associated lead net weights, suggest that it was connected with organised, large-scale, fish farming.

Keywords

• Byland Abbey
• medieval
• fish
• fish farming
• lead weight
• archaeoichthyology