Designed landscape in Millmount (LI047-028----)

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What is recorded here

In pasture, 40m N of the River Loobagh and 35m S of a railway track. A tree-ring (LI047-027----) lies 110m to SW and Mount Coote House 500m to E. Not depicted on 1840 ed. OSi 6-inch map. Shown on the 1897 ed. OSi 25-inch map as an oval-shaped area (dims. c. 29m NE-SW; 17m NW-SE) with the interior planted with trees. Similar tree-rings or woodland plantations are indicated to the NE and SW on the OSi 25-inch map. No surface remains visible on Google Earth orthoimages. See attached Google Earth orthoimage.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LI047-028

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