Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Bearlough,lake Big,lake Little, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bearlough,lake Big,lake Little
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WX043-009002-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Three houses are marked on the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map of Forth at Bearlough (15), which probably includes Lake Big and Lake Little townlands. but only one house is depicted on the parish map of Rosslare in NLI (ms, 725; microfilm, P 7384; N 6380) where the terrier or commentary lists two thatched houses and some cabins. Rowland Scurlocke owned 169 acres at Beartagh in 1640 (Simington 1953, 307). An ancestor of Rowland’s, also called Rowland Scurlocke, had been a physician to Queen Mary Tudor (1553-8) and had been awarded the manors of Rosslare and Ballymore for his service (Hore 1920, 91-3).) The location of this house is not known.
See the attached section of the Down Survey (1656-8) barony map (N at right) reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 725)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 7 January, 2014
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Hore, P.H. 1920 The barony of Forth, Part 1. The Past 1, 62-106.