Archaeological monitoring at Lion Point decoy, near Cockett Wick Farm, Cockett Wick Lane, St Osyth, Essex – March 2012

During achaeological monitoring of the de-silting of a decoy pond located 810m south-east of Cockett Wick Farm, Cockett Wick Lane, St Osyth, Essex, no evidence was uncovered of any additional ‘pipes’ or other silted-up earthworks associated with the pond’s use for the entrapment of wildfowl. Wooden posts, which may have been attached to nets used to catch pochard, were recovered from the silt.