Create a Photo Gift
With This Photo
Featuring this image:
Dorchester Photographic Memories
The photo 'Abbotsbury, the Swannery c1955' appears in this book.
View BookMore about this scene
The swannery was probably created to provide food for the abbey on high days. The monks made a duck decoy tunnel to ensure that the abbot's table was well supplied. The Fleet, a strip of brackish water between the Chesil Beach and the shoreline, gives a safe haven to all kinds of wetland fowl, including at one time a stray flamingo.
An extract from Dorchester Photographic Memories.
Sparked a Memory for you?
If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?
Tools
Add to Album
You must be signed in to save to an album
Sign in
Before
After