Poorly Located Monument record FLN 100 - Post Medieval decoy pond

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Summary

Flixton Decoy pond - mislocation of FTN 005? Formerly recorded as FLN MISC

Location

Grid reference TM 32 86 (point) Poorly located
Map sheet TM38NW
Civil Parish FLIXTON (NEAR BUNGAY), WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1886: `3.5 miles SW from Bungay. The remains of an old decoy are to be found on a pool of some 16 acres at Flixton. The date of its construction has not been ascertained, and though traces of the pipes are still visible, Mr Southwell was informed in 1878 that it had been then disused for at least 50 years. It formerly belonged to the Morse family' (S1)(R1). ?Mislocation of FTN 005.

Formerly recorded as FLN MISC

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <R1> (No record type): Payne-Gallwey Sir R, The Book of Duck Decoys, 1886.
  • <S1> (No record type): Day J W, `Suffolk Decoys', E Anglian Magazine, 40, February 1981, 172.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:35AM

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