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Designed landscape feature

Castleruddery Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Designed landscape feature, Castleruddery Upper, County Wicklow, 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
Castleruddery Upper
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Lead pond
Coordinates
52.99401, -6.63475
SMR number
WI021-031----

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the summit of a low ridge with higher ground to the E and a steep slope to the W in an area with other designed landscape features (WI021-030----, 40m to the SW and WI021-084----, 110m to the NE). Listed in the SMR (1986) as a fish pond and named ‘Lead pond’ on the 1st ed. OS 6-inch map. A long rectangular area (max. dims. 110m x 22m) defined by a steep, wide, earthen bank (Wth 8m; H 1.6-2m) which also encloses the terminals. The sunken central area is c. 3.5m below the top of the banks and is flat.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 5 December 2012

Nearby in the register

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

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