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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\u00a0 house belonging to the lord of the manor. Fishponds were a status symbol and a source of fresh fish and waterfowl.<\/p>\n

The site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.<\/p>\n

To find out more about Marston Magna click here<\/a> to read its entry in the Historic Environment Record.<\/p>\n

Access<\/h2>\n

There is a footpath across the site. Please keep dogs on leads and follow the Country Code.\u00a0Limited car parking is available near the church.<\/p>\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\u00a0 house belonging to the lord of the manor. Fishponds were a status symbol and a source of fresh fish and waterfowl. The site is a… 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":2,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/landscapes\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1766,"href":"https:\/\/swheritage.org.uk\/historic-environment-service\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/landscapes\/307\/revisions\/1766"}],"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}]}}