On Sanderson's map of 1835, the subsidiary pond seems to still hold water, although it appears to be the same feature as the holding pond the presence of a bank between the two is not very clear. However, on the Ordanance Survey map of 1880, the subsidiary pond seems to have dried up and the area has become a field; the holding pond is suggested to be an area of marshland.

During an excavation, one trnech revealed the depth of the pond and the gentle slope of the pond edges, with numerous deposits suggesting that the banks were built up at least twice, possible to compensate for the rise in pond floor level. The rise in pond floor level could have been due to the water management system flalling out of use when the cotton spinning enterprise ended in 1831 with the sale of the cotton spinning equipment by the new owners.

The silting up of the subsidiary pond would have been completed by the production of the Ordanance Survey map of 1880, as the map shows the pond to be a dry field. However, a bank was stil in evidence, and the holding pond was suggested to be a marshland, therefore it is possible to say that the bank was protecting the new field from flodding from the holding pond.

There was no evidence of stonework found to indicate the continuing presence of walls associated with the south sluice, or indicate the continuation of the trough that crossed over the south sluice. However there was a potential evidence for structure in the form of a shallow ditch within the base of the pond, a pink clay deposit and a narrow posthole but more exploration is needed to determine this.

<1> Laura Binns, 2015, Dam Banks South Sluice Pond, Moor Pond Woods, Papplewick, Nottinghamshire: Report on an archaeological investigation (Unpublished document). SNT5711.

<2> Laura Binns, 2017, Report on an Archaeological Audit and an Appraisal of Future Archaeological investigation - Moor Pond Woods - Papplewick (Unpublished document). SNT5693.