BOARSTALL DUCK DECOY
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.Description
Historical records and field survey of duck decoy first noted in the seventeenth century
Plan Form - SUBRECTANGULAR
1 OF 4 WORKING DECOYS REMAINING IN ENGLAND (B7).
APPEARS ON MAPS OF 1697 & 1788 (B1,B8).
IN COMMERCIAL USE TILL LATE 1950'S; RESTORED FROM 1963 AFTER PERIOD OF NEGLECT (B8).
NOW A NATURE RESERVE. DETAILS OF HOW DECOYS WORK, MAP OF POND, PLAN OF S PIPE (B4).
NATIONAL TRUST SURVEY (B9).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Historical records and field survey of duck decoy first noted in the seventeenth century
Date Listed
n/a