Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Decoy pond
Caltragh (longford By.), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caltragh (longford By.)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Decoy
- Latest-edition OS map
- Decoy Wood
- Coordinates
- 53.25141, -8.13061
- SMR number
- GA100-184----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a forest. Marked on the 1838 edition of the OS 6-inch map as a decoy pond with a central island and channels running off its four corners. Ducks were attracted onto the island and at various times were decoyed into the channels where they were caught in nets. The flow of water was regulated in the channels (information Dr. C. Cunniffe). The pond has dried up but the central island and traces of the channels are evident. The site is heavily overgrown with trees. It may be associated with the Eyre family.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 26 July 2017
Nearby in the register
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.