Monument record 0193601001 - BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY

Summary

Field survey of seventeenth century duck decoy

Protected Status/Designation

  • 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 (DBC7463)

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Type and Period (1)

  • DECOY POND (17th Century to Modern - 1600 AD to 1945 AD)

Description

Plan Form - Curved.
Decoy had 4 pipes (curved, closed channels for trapping ducks). All but western one now restored. Each is c.50yds long, 18in deep & narrows from c.12ft at its mouth to 1ft at end (B4,B7).
Remains of old E pipe, silted up by 1852. 2 former W pipes traceable as earthworks. National Trust survey (B9).
The 'home pipe' and one other pipe were restored in 1986 [photographs] (B10).

Sources (4)

  • <4>SBC4532 Bibliographic reference: G Eland. 1923. IN BUCKS PP104-116 (PHOTOCOPY, FILED).
  • <7>SBC9894 Unpublished document: National Trust. 1986. BIOLOGICAL SURVEY: BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY & TOWER.
  • <9>SBC8268 Unpublished document: W L Matthews. 1989. THE NATIONAL TRUST ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY: BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY (COPY, FILED).
  • <10>SBC28417 Bibliographic reference: Andrew Heaton. 2001. Duck Decoys. pp1, 8-10, 13, 21, 29, 34, 39, 40.

Location

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

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13236)

Record last edited

Nov 20 2025 2:24PM

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