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Duck decoy 700m WNW of Rookery Farm is a seventeenth-century wildfowl trap situated in Somerset. The site represents a surviving example of the decoy pond system, a method of game management developed during the early modern period to capture wild ducks for food and sport. Such installations typically comprised an artificial pond with associated pipe networks designed to funnel birds into catching chambers, reflecting the sophisticated management of wetland resources characteristic of the period. The monument survives as a landscape feature demonstrating the historical importance of controlled wildfowl harvesting on English estates.
Duck decoy 700m WNW of Rookery Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015206. View the official record →
Duck decoy 700m WNW of Rookery Farm is a seventeenth-century wildfowl trap situated in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015206.
Duck decoy 700m WNW of Rookery 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 1015206.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted medieval settlement and associated fields, Lytes Cary (2.3 km), Somerton Market Cross (2.8 km), Bineham City deserted village (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Duck decoy 700m WNW of Rookery Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Duck decoy 700m WNW of Rookery Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.