Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fish-pond
Baldongan, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baldongan
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.55253, -6.12797
- SMR number
- DU005-039----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
There is no surface trace of the fish ponds described by Austin Cooper in 1783 (Anon 1914, 251). They were located at a break in slope at the bottom of a field. These have been filled in leaving no visible remains.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 15 November 2014
References
Anon. 1914c North County Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 44, 250-68.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.