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Duck decoy is a decoy pond located on Westhay Moor in Somerset, England. The site comprises an artificial water body designed for the systematic trapping of wild waterfowl, a practice that became widespread across England from the seventeenth century onwards. Decoys of this type typically featured carefully constructed ponds with associated pipe systems and cover plants to facilitate the capture of ducks and other water birds for commercial or domestic consumption. The Westhay Moor example represents a surviving example of this specialist form of wetland management that was particularly suited to the Somerset Levels landscape.
Duck decoy, 950m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis's Drove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014435. View the official record →
Duck decoy is a decoy pond located on Westhay Moor in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014435.
Duck decoy, 950m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis'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 1014435.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Duck decoy in Sharpham Park, 600m south west of Avalon Farm (4.9 km), Tinney's trackways, west of Sharpham Bridge (5.1 km), Beckery Chapel and cemetery (site of) (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Duck decoy, 950m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis's Drove'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, 950m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis's Drove stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.