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Designed landscape feature

Killua, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Designed landscape feature, Killua, County Westmeath, 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
Killua
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.65763, -7.00178
SMR number
WM009-011----

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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)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

Situated on NE facing slope of a natural rise in the Deerpark of Killua Castle demesne. Killua Castle 410m to NNE. Similar designed landscape feature (WM009-009---) 45m to SSE and possible ringfort (WM09-010----) 65m to SW. A folly depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Monument' in Gothic script is located 120m to NE. A small circular shaped earthen mound (diam. 10m; H 1m) defined by a scarp and narrow fosse with evidence of post-1700 quarrying at the foot of the mound at SW. There is a slight depression in the top of the mound and there are a number of tree stumps on it. Could be the remains of a designed landscape feature tree ring on the demesne lands of Killua Castle. The cropmark of five similar designed landscape earthworks 70m to S can be seen running in a line from W-E on Digital Globe aerial photograph taken November 2011.

See attached section of monument surveyed and drawn by the ASI.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 28 April 2017

Nearby in the register

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

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