Monument record 0193601000 - BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY

Summary

Historical records and field survey of seventeenth century duck decoy, silted up by the nineteenth century

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  • SHINE: Boarstall post medieval duck decoy earthworks and Boarstall Tower & medieval to post medieval deserted village earthworks & medieval moated manor earthworks with associated ridge and furrow cultivation earthworks

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  • DECOY POND (17th Century to 19th Century - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Plan Form - IRREGULAR
IN CENTRE OF DECOY IS A SHALLOW POND. 3 CURVED CHANNELS OR PIPES LEAD FROM POND (01:001). AT SW CORNER A BANK DEFINES THE ORIGINAL SQUARE SHAPE OF THE POND, AS SHOWN ON 1697 MAP. IT HAD SILTED UP BY C19. S EDGE OF POND IS FORMED BY A 3M HIGH DAM. NATIONAL TRUST SURVEY (B9).

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  • <1>SBC6714 Map: Thomas Jefferys. 1770. [Map of] The County of Buckingham. Printed map. Linen. 1 inch:1 mile.
  • <2>SBC7569 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 1 PP88-89.
  • <3>SBC14193 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P334.
  • <4>SBC4532 Bibliographic reference: G Eland. 1923. IN BUCKS PP104-116 (PHOTOCOPY, FILED).
  • <5>SBC10386 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 6IN MAP (1:10560). 1:10,560.
  • <6>SBC16353 Bibliographic reference: Wildfowlers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland. 1970. BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY (COPY, FILED).
  • <7>SBC9894 Unpublished document: National Trust. 1986. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY: BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY & TOWER.
  • <8>SBC6879 Verbal communication: JPP 1989 (NOV) PERS COMM.
  • <9>SBC8268 Unpublished document: W L Matthews. 1989. THE NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY (COPY, FILED).

Location

Grid reference SP 62350 15100 (point)
Civil Parish BOARSTALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 7 2023 2:43PM

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