Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Prospect, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Prospect
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.67825, -6.22726
- SMR number
- WX007-049----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lands were granted to Sir Edward Fisher in 1612 as the manor of Chichester, but it was called Fisherstown in 1618. By this time a brick castle with two square flankers, a court or bawn with square flankers and a walled garden '110 feet by 72 feet' had been built. It passed by marriage to Sir Edward Chichester but it was described as 'a decayed Manor House' at Prospect in the Civil Survey (1654-56) (Simington 1953, 35-6). The estate amounted to 1650 acres that was probably the entirety of Kiltennell parish. The location of the manor house at Prospect is generally know, but there are no visible features at ground level. (Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber 1987, 196–7)
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/revision: 16 March, 2012
References
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.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.