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House - 17th century

Monaseed Demesne, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of House - 17th century, Monaseed Demesne, County Wexford, 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
Monaseed Demesne
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Monaseed Ho.
Latest-edition OS map
Monaseed House
Coordinates
52.72067, -6.39630
SMR number
WX006-071001-

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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)
  • 1811 · 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

An estate known as Castle Marwood was granted to William Marwood in 1613. A house of two-and-a-half storeys with a court and gatehouse had been built by 1621, and also an orchard (WX006-071002-). The property had been burnt by the Kavanaghs in 1620 and was later sold to Henry Masterson, who called it Moniseede. A ruined castle and mill were on the estate of 800 acres at Monaseed and Ballylusk townlands in 1654 (Simington 1953, 7). Monaseed House, situated on a SE-facing slope in a broad col with hills c. 600m to the NW and c. 1.5km to the SE, is a three storey, three bay house with a projecting return in the centre of the NW side, and could contain fabric from the original house. The walled garden (WX006-071002-) c. 40m to the E is associated with it. Archaeological testing (19E0557) at Monaseed House failed to produce any related material (McLoughlin 2019). (Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber 1987, 193–4)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 1 March, 2012
Amended: 14 May, 2014

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Loeber, R. and Stouthamer-Loeber, M. 1987 The lost architecture of the Wexford Plantation. In K. Whelan and W. Nolan (eds), Wexford: history and society, 173-200. Dublin. Geography Publications.

McLoughlin, C 2019 Archaeological Assessment Report, Monaseed Demesne, Co. Wexford. Licence: 19E0557. Unpublished report, Stafford McLoughlin

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

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