Hi Nivard, The ones being fished these days are alongside the roads, very easy to spot and some are fairly close together. It's a number of years since I saw the historic ones but they are hidden behind hedges or something as I seem to remember happening upon them, and my memory says they were rectangular, seemingly constructed rather than natural. It looked like nobody went there much. Does that enable you to sort out your memories? Cheers, Lesley -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington [mailto:ovington1@sky.com] Sent: 06 December 2007 10:18 To: Lesley Chaney; CABROWN@aol.com; leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LEI] Launde Abbey BROWN GOWSEY Hi Lesley I was under the impression the ones we used to fish were the old Monks fish ponds ? I take it there were more then? The one in particular I remember was a long pool with a small island in the middle , I seem to recall there was another close by? Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK)