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Halstow Marshes Decoy Pond is a duck decoy pond located in the Isle of Grain area of Kent. The site represents a form of wildfowl management that became widespread in England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when decoy ponds were constructed to trap wild ducks and other waterfowl for food and profit. The pond and its associated structures would have functioned as part of a wider system of marshland exploitation characteristic of the Thames estuary region. Such decoys typically consisted of a main pond with radiating arms or pipes into which birds could be driven, though the specific physical layout and preservation state of the Halstow example would require direct archaeological survey to determine with precision.
Halstow Marshes Decoy Pond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1424899. View the official record →
Halstow Marshes Decoy Pond is a duck decoy pond located in the Isle of Grain area of Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1424899.
Halstow Marshes Decoy Pond 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 1424899.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chatham Dockyard, the Dockyard wall (9.4 km), Chatham Dockyard, Chain Cable shed (9.4 km), Former guardhouse (9.5 km).
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