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Deer park

St. Johnstown, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Deer park, St. Johnstown, County Tipperary South, 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
St. Johnstown
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Old Deer Park
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.52603, -7.65052
SMR number
TS062-056----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Indicated on the 1st (1840) ed. 6-inch OS map as 'Old Deer Park'. It is not clear what the extent of this deer park was or its date, though by the mid-19th century it was considered old. It is probably associated with St. Johnstown Castle, which lies c. 500m W of the possible SW angle. This consists of a medieval tower house (TS062-060001-) and a later house, named 'St. Johnstown Castle' on the 1st ed. OS map, which is described by Lewis (1837, 32) as a 'modern house' owned by James Millet. The deer park appears to consist of a roughly rectangular area c. 480m E-W x c. 640m N-S, with a triangular area, c. 390m N-S x 230m E-W extending eastward from the northern sector. Running roughly E-W through the southern portion of the rectangular area of the park is a stream, which was an essential component of a deer park. The field boundaries, indicated on the 1st ed. OS map, which may be the enclosing element of the deer park, are still extant.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 14 October 2014

References

Lewis, S. 1837 A topographical dictionary of Ireland, 2 vols. London. Lewis and Co.

Nearby in the register

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

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