NHER 36031 (Monument record) - Post medieval decoy pond, Decoy Wood
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF84SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOLKHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
2000. Field Observation and Desk-based Assessment.
Site identified during archaeological assessment of Holkham Estate.
Decoy pond, built about 1730.
A map of about 1730 of Holkham Marshes, (S1), also shows the decoy, pencilled in as a 4 pipe rectangular decoy. Work on the decoy during the 1740 is noted in (S2).
The decoy is flooded for the reserve but is being restored (2001).
See report (S3) for further details.
K. Penn (NAU), 2 March 2001. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 28 April 2015.
1974. Ordnance Survey air photography.
Decoy pond.
4 pipes, central mound with 3 sided structure.
Another pond to north and a third to the south.
See (S4) in file.
A. Miller (Suffolk CC NMP).
D. Gurney (NLA), 13 February 2002.
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF48753 Aerial Photograph: Aerial Archaeology Foundation. [unknown].
- --- SNF50516 Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1974. OS 74-079-(81-2).
- --- SNF6047 Publication: Faden, W. and Barringer, J. C. 1989. Faden's Map of Norfolk in 1797.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48754 Map: Holkham Archives. 1730. Map of Holkham Marshes.
- <S2> SNF48755 Publication: Holkham Archive. Account book.
- <S3> SNF51041 Unpublished Contractor Report: Penn, K. 2000. The Holkham Estate, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Archaeological Survey (Final Report). Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 532.
- <S4> SNF50513 Map: NMP Plot.
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Record last edited
Feb 18 2025 10:55AM