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Designed landscape feature

Garadice (Carrigallen By.), County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Designed landscape feature, Garadice, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Garadice (Carrigallen By.)
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.05919, -7.73150
SMR number
LE025-051001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Mr Jean-Charles Caillere reported features visible on GoogleEarth imagery (7-3-2010).
A grant of almost 1,000 acres at Garadice was made to Nicholas Pynnar in 1661-2 (Mac an Ghalloglaigh 1971, 251). Garadice House (LE025-051----) was erected sometime subsequently (possibly in the late 17th century) on the landward end of a peninsula running S into Garadice Lough. A sweeping entrance driveway and parkland appears to have been laid out to the N of the house and designed landscape features also appear to have been created, traces of which are visible on a series of satellite images: GoogleEarth imagery (7-3-2010); MapGenie Imagery (2005-2012); OSi Ortho 2010; DigitalGlobe (2013-2018) and MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018).

In gently undulating pasture, dotted with mature trees. Features visible on MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018) include a large circular earthen enclosure located c. 230m almost due N of Garadice House. The enclosure (est. diam. c. 50m) is defined by the remains of a broad bank with narrow internal and external fosses. An apparently embanked, and possibly later, ‘avenue’ runs ENE-WSW through the enclosure. Also visible are a series of associated linear features; broad ‘avenues’ running on different diagonal lines to S, W, N and E of the enclosure.

See attached images:

• LE025-051001-_01 Snip of MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018) showing the circular enclosure to N of
Garadice House.

• LE025-051001-_02 Snip of MapGenie Imagery (2013-2018) showing the circular enclosure to N of
Garadice House with associated linear features arrowed.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 21 July 2023

References

Mac an Ghalloglaigh, an t-Athair D. 1971 Leitrim 1600-1641. Journal of Cumann Seanchas Breifne (Breifne Historical Society) 4 (14), 225-54.

Nearby in the register

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

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