Probable site of early 19th century (or earlier) decoy pond, 'Goldhanger Decoy No.3', on Decoy Marsh, south of Bounds Farm (EHER 46268)

Now destroyed. The probable site of Goldhanger Decoy No.3 (as described by source <2>) which is inferred from the field name 'Decoy Marsh' on the 1840 Tithe map. There was no trace of the pond nor its pipes in 1890.

A field is recorded as Decoy Marsh on the Tithe Map, from around 1840. (ERO D/CT 150B 291) <1> Goldhanger Decoy (No. 3) was discovered by the energy of Mr. E. A. Fitch. Christy states that presumably it once existed on 'Decoy Marsh', which consisted of about eight acres of grassland, lying next to the sea-wall, immediately in front of the farmhouse on Bound's or Bartlett's Farm, Goldhanger, held in 1890 by Mr. Abram Francis. It was called 'Grand's Farm' on the six-inch Ordnance Survey map, probably in error. In 1890 no trace existed of either the decoy-pond or its pipes. <2>