Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Decoy pond
Coolsickin Or Quinsborough, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolsickin Or Quinsborough
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 53.17571, -7.05589
- SMR number
- KD021-002----
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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
Although not indicated on the 1st. ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map, a large, square enclosure (est. ext. dims. L c. 105m; Wth c. 105m) is shown on the 1939 OS 6-inch map revision defined by a broad bank which widens internally at the centre of each side. By 1972, the site had been levelled and bulldozing operations were noted in the area (SMR file). In well-drained, improved pasture. A shallow (D0.4-0.6m), rectangular hollow survives, and is know locally as 'the decoy'. (CUCAP BGH 70, 71).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 13 October 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.