Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - avenue
Ballypheasan,cloonbrackna, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballypheasan,cloonbrackna
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63398, -8.19219
- SMR number
- RO039-043018-
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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
Avenues, known as walks, from Roscommon castle (RO039-043001-) were part of a designed landscape relating to the fortified house phase (RO039-043010-), and a map of 1736 shows mature trees established on that leading from the castle to the town (Murphy and O'Conor 2008, 32). They extended ENE (RO039-040----), and SSE (L c. 350m) from the castle, the latter being extended by the Square, Main St. and the road S from the town (L c. 2 km). It survives close to the castle as a linear field (Wth c. 30m; L c. 125m) defined by earthen banks and hedges. Archaeological testing (03E1430) on this avenue 75-215m S of the castle failed to provide any related material (Read 2006m).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Murphy, M. and O'Conor, K. 2008 Roscommon Castle. A visitor's guide. Roscommon. Roscommon County Council.
Read, C. 2006m Cloonbracknagh, Roscommon: post-medieval dump. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 427, No. 1596. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Walled gardenunder 1 mi
- Prisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.