Truro Twine Field Conservation Land

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Truro Twine Field is a historically and ecologically significant 10-acre parcel of land in Pond Village, in North Truro, Massachusetts.

Neighbors and admirers are working together to purchase the property and place it into perpetual conservation, and this page is a place to centralize information, to provide visibility, and to assist in organization.
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Background:


In the previous century, the meadows - i.e. the "Twine Fields" - were used by local fisherman to dry and repair their nets. The property is just a few yards from Cold Storage Beach, where fishing oats would pull in with their catch and unload their catch via a 'zip line', and looks down onto Pilgrim Pond where ice was harvested and stored in the ice house to keep the fish fresh on their train ride into Boston and its markets.

In modern times, the Truro Twine Fields meadow is an important ecological site. It is one of very few remaining meadows on Cape Cod, and is a rare and important habitat for many Cape Code species: foxes, red tail hawks, coyotes, etc.

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Historical Significance:

1600s:
Pilgrim Pond Park marks the location where the Pilgrims spent their 2nd night in the new world and this is recognized by a plaque citing the event and the names of the Pilgrims. Commemorative plaque in park is a destination for tourists from around the world.

1800s:
Thoreau passed by the pond reflecting on its size and beauty

1900s:
Vibrant industries in the early 19th century including fishing, fish freezing and canning, candle making and a fashionable fishnet clothing business were located on Pond Road.

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Cultural Significance:

Many artists have painted Pond Road and continue to do so. Framed by the lighthouse and the bay, it is one of the most painted roads on the outer Cape. Artists include Edward Hopper, Milton Wright, Michael Davis, Steven Kennedy, Susan Baker, George and ShirleyYater, Jerry Farnsworth, Marston Hodgin, Joan Pereria, Hyman Shrand, Sal del Deo, Lucy and William L’Engle, Hal MacIntosh, Wallace Bassford, Rob DuToit, Robert Cardinal, Marc Kundmann, Fay Schutzer, and numerous others.