Overview
Indicated — Corry West is recorded as Designed landscape — tree-ring in Roscommon. Marked as a circular copse on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. It is in full view of Mantua House, an Italinate mansion of the early 19th century now in ruins, c. 650m to the NNW.
Why it was made
The saved account records: Marked as a circular copse on the 1837 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated on a slight rise in a low-lying landscape.
People and events
The saved account records: It is in full view of Mantua House, an Italinate mansion of the early 19th century now in ruins, c. 650m to the NNW.
How it worked
The saved account records: c. 75m) with mature deciduous trees and scrub defined by an earthen bank (at W: Wth 3.3m
What remains
The saved account records: H 1.6m) and an outer fosse (at W: Wth of base 1.5m
Why it mattered
Indicated — Corry West matters because the source ties designed landscape — tree-ring to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The wood has extended to a larger triangular area (dims c. 200m N-S
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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