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Designed landscape - tree-ring

Belan, County Kildare, Ireland

The record

Townland
Belan
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.95350, -6.85465
SMR number
KD038-064----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 5 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

Depicted as a circular grove of trees on first edition of the OS 6-inch map. Indicated as a grove of trees or as a tree ring of post 1700 date on subsequent editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Belan Lodge located 580m to NE. Of doubtful antiquity, appears to have been a tree ring or landscape feature of post-1700 date. No surface remains visible of levelled earthwork. Visible as a cropmark on OSI aerial photographs.

Date of upload: 16 September 2016

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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