In a field south of Marston Magna church are the remains of a rectangular moat and two fishponds. The moat dates from about 1300 and may have surrounded a grand house belonging to the lord of the manor. Fishponds were a status symbol and a source of fresh fish and waterfowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To find out more about Marston Magna click here<\/a> to read its entry in the Historic Environment Record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Address: Garston Lane, Marston Magna, Yeovil, BA22 8DN<\/p>\n\n\n\n What3Words: \/\/\/zebra.surprises.vented<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The site is a Scheduled Monument<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a footpath across the site. Please keep dogs on leads and follow the Country Code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Limited car parking is available near the church.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a field south of Marston Magna church are the remains of a rectangular moat and two fishponds. The moat dates from about 1300 and may have surrounded a grand house belonging to the lord of the manor. Fishponds were a status symbol and a source of fresh fish and waterfowl. To find out more… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-307","landscapes","type-landscapes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/landscapes\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/landscapes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/landscapes"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/landscapes\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1857,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/landscapes\/307\/revisions\/1857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Visitor information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n