Cropmark of probably post-medieval decoy pond, 'Rolls Farm Decoy No.1', south-east of Rolls Farm (EHER 16405)

The cropmark remains of a rectangular decoy pond with eight arms, within an enclosure. It was discovered in 1935.

Decoy pond within an enclosure. Approximately rectangular pond with eight arms. <1> <2> <3> Rolls Farm Decoy (No. 1) is situated in the fresh marsh about a quarter of a mile south-east of Rolls Farm, near Tollesbury, and within sixty yards of the sea-wall. It lies between Skinner's Wick Decoy (EHER 12122) and Bohun's Hall Decoy (EHER 12105). It had eight pipes, which were clearly discernible in 1936. It was estimated that the area of this pond was slightly larger than that of Skinner's Wick. Nothing is known of the history of this decoy, which was discovered by Dr. J. W. Campbell and Mr. A. R. Thompson on March 24th, 1935, and described by the former, with a photograph, in THE ESSEX NATURALIST, vol. xxv, pp. 107-9, plate vi. It was still known as the 'Decoy'. D19 on the map in A History of the Birds of Essex covers the area occupied by this pond and should have been placed more to the east. <4>