Clam Pudding PondClan Pudding Pond is a historic pond along Old Sandwich Road, south-west of the Great Island community. The community will include several homes along Clam Pudding (the street) as it passes by the eastern shore of Clam Pudding Pond. Clam Pudding Pond got its name from clams and pudding, which were staple foods for the early settlers. The colonists would enjoy their meal of roasted clams and Indian corn pudding at the pond during their journey from Plymouth to Sandwich. The yellow area in the image below will be the Clam Pudding neighborhood of Great Island. The image on the right was taken facing north-west from the beach on the east side of the pond. This view will remain even after the development of the Green Company's Rebecca's Landing on the north-west side of the pond and the Great Island Clam Pudding neighborhood on the east.
An archeological recovery program (PAL Archeological Data Recovery Project) was conducted in the Clam Pudding/Great Island area of the property. This program is required as part of the historic mitigation for The Pinehills and is being done under a permit from the Massachusetts Historic Society. The area is believed to have been the site of a European settlers’ farmstead. In October of 2006, the remains of the dig were still visible at a site east of the pond that will be developed as part of the Great Island Clam Pudding neighborhood. ProtectionA 100' buffer zone around the pond is protected by the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act, M.G.L. c. 131 s. 40 and Regulations 310 CMR 10.00 et seq., and Plymouth's Wetlands Protection Bylaw, Article 27 s.4 and Regulations. 3 (B) (1), (2). The Plymouth Conservation Commission has jurisdiction over the buffer zone. Disturbing the buffer zone around the pond will result in an enforcement action by the Commission which will include fines, restoration costs and potentially incarceration. |
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