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Decoy pond 500m south of Waldegraves Farm is a waterfowl decoy of post-medieval date, likely established in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. Such decoys were purpose-built installations designed to trap wild ducks and other wildfowl through a system of narrow channels or pipes extending from a main pond, baited with grain and managed by a decoy man who used trained dogs to drive birds into catching nets. The site represents an important example of the specialist hunting practices that supplied game to markets and gentry tables during this period. The physical remains preserve evidence of the artificial pond and associated infrastructure characteristic of these once-common but now largely disappeared landscape features.
Decoy pond 500m south of Waldegraves Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019036. View the official record →
Decoy pond 500m south of Waldegraves Farm is a waterfowl decoy of post-medieval date, likely established in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019036.
Decoy pond 500m south of Waldegraves Farm 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 1019036.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mersea Mount: a Roman barrow at Barrow Hill Farm (2 km), Roman round building (2.2 km), Coastal fish weirs at West Mersea, 570m south east of St Peter's Well (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Decoy pond 500m south of Waldegraves Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Decoy pond 500m south of Waldegraves Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.