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Dovecote in Lucan AND Pettycanon,lucan Demesne stands in County Dublin, Ireland. The precise location of a medieval dovecote belonging to the vicarage of Lucan has not been precisely identified. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540-1 the vicarage of Lucan which was then part of the estate of the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary's (DU018-020048-), possessed; '2 mess [uages], or tenements, with a dovecot and 6 acr[es]. ar[able].; William Wedder and Richard Andrewe ; 15.s.' (White 1943, 15). This dovecote may have been located in 'The Pigeon Parke' at Lucan which was listed in the 1680 survey of the lands of Lucan (NLI MS 39/256/1). The precise location of the Pigeon Park in Lucan has not been identified. NLI

The precise location of a medieval dovecote belonging to the vicarage of Lucan has not been precisely identified. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540-1 the vicarage of Lucan which was then part of the estate of the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary's (DU018-020048-), possessed; '2 mess [uages], or tenements, with a dovecot and 6 acr[es]. ar[able].; William Wedder and Richard Andrewe ; 15.s.' (White 1943, 15). This dovecote may have been located in 'The Pigeon Parke' at Lucan which was listed in the 1680 survey of the lands of Lucan (NLI MS 39/256/1). The precise location of the Pigeon Park in Lucan has not been identified. NLI MS 39/256/1 National Library of Ireland, An accompt of the survey of the lands of Lucan according to the meares and bounds showed Mr Abra[ham[ Carter. De Vesci Papers. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 10 May 2023

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