Designed landscape feature in Elmpark Demesne

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In pasture on slight W facing slope, on the demesne lands of Elm Park House located 290m to NNW. No surface remains visible. This is the most southerly of three earthworks (LI012-047-/049----) forming a line running NW-SE for a distance of c. 293m. The two earthworks(LI012-047-/049----) lie 270m and 166m to the NW respectively. Depicted as an a small grove of trees on 1840 ed. OS 6-inch map. Depicted on the 1897 OS 25-inch map 72m W of burial ground (private), as a circular sunken area (approx. int. diam. 10m) enclosed by a ditch (approx. Wth 5m) with tree planted interior. Not visible on Google Earth orthoimage taken 19/11/2019. Possible designed landscape feature that has been levelled. Cropmark of levelled earthwork visible on Google Earth orthophoto taken 06/02/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimages taken 06/02/2018 and 19/11/2019 Compiled by: Fiona Rooney Date of upload: 18 June 2020

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI012-050

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