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Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor is an ancient monument located south of Lord Bath's Drove in Somerset, England. The site comprises a duck decoy, a specialist hunting installation designed to trap wildfowl, likely dating to the post-medieval period when such facilities were widely established across English wetlands and moorlands. Duck decoys typically consisted of a series of narrow, curved channels or pipes extending from a main pool, concealed beneath netting, which allowed hunters to funnel and capture waterfowl for commercial or domestic consumption. This monument represents an important aspect of medieval and post-medieval landscape management and subsistence practices in Somerset's wetland environment.
Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor, south of Lord Bath's Drove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014449. View the official record →
Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor is an ancient monument located south of Lord Bath's Drove in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014449.
Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor, south of Lord Bath's Drove is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014449.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa N of Stowey Hill (3.7 km), Low Ham Roman villa (5.3 km), Somerton Market Cross (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor, south of Lord Bath's Drove's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Central of three duck decoys on Walton Moor, south of Lord Bath's Drove stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.