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Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes is a duck decoy of post-medieval date, likely constructed during the seventeenth or eighteenth century when such structures were common features of managed wetland landscapes in Essex. The site comprises an artificial pond system with associated channels and banks designed to facilitate the capture of wildfowl, a practice that supplied both food and feathers for commercial purposes. The decoy represents the adaptation of the Essex marshlands for intensive exploitation of natural resources during the early modern period, when organised wildfowl capture was an established rural industry. The physical remains of the pond and its associated earthworks survive as evidence of this specialist use of the marshland environment.
Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021086. View the official record →
Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes is a duck decoy of post-medieval date, likely constructed during the seventeenth or eighteenth century when such structures were common features of managed wetland landscapes in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021086.
Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes 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 1021086.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Square decoy pond 260m south of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes (0.7 km), Coastal fish weir at the northern end of The Nass (2.1 km), Coastal fish weirs at West Mersea, 570m south east of St Peter's Well (2.8 km).
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