Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - avenue
Cloonbrackna,cloonybeirne (ballintober South By.), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloonbrackna,cloonybeirne (ballintober South By.)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63785, -8.18227
- SMR number
- RO039-044----
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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 (RO039-043018-) leading from the castle to the town (Murphy and O'Conor 2008, 32). A second extended ENE (Wth c. 80m; L c. 2 km), and survives in fragments as linear fields (Wth c. 80m) defined by earthen banks and hedges with field drains, although most of it is occupied by private housing.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.