Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape feature
Castleruddery Upper, County Wicklow, Ireland
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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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
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
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.