What is recorded here

Old Fish Pond in Brooklodge, County Cork, disappeared when a new road cut through the land, leaving behind a name rather than water. It belonged to the household of an unclassified castle, supplying fish to kitchens that no longer stand. The pond may have fed lords, servants or neighbours, but the road hungered more and took the water without ceremony.

This pond is shown and named 'Old Fish Pond' on the 1842 OS 6-inch map in the townland of Brooklodge Upper (now known as Brooklodge townland). This fish-pond is referred to in the 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork - vol. 2 East and South Cork' (1994, -209) under the entry (no. 5522) for an unclassified castle (CO064-055----). The fish-pond is mentioned as follows: 'Immediately to E, 1842 map shows site of 'old fish pond'; also probably destroyed when new road constructed…'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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