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Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes is a duck decoy dating from the early modern period. The site consists of a shallow pond with associated channels and pipes designed to trap wildfowl, a hunting method that became widespread in England during the seventeenth century. Located within the marshland landscape of Old Hall Marshes near the Essex coast, the decoy represents the exploitation of this wetland environment for game procurement. Such decoys were typically operated by landowners or their agents and functioned as productive commercial enterprises alongside their sporting purpose.
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 dating from the early modern period. 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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Decoy pond immediately north of Pennyhole Fleet, Old Hall Marshes stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.