What is recorded here

Indicated is a lost designed tree-ring, a circular woodland feature with a small turret, created for the demesne of the 18th-century Inch House in County Kilkenny. The ring measured about 42m across and stood on a south-facing slope near the River Nore, probably giving the estate a shaped view, a private landmark or a place for leisurely walking. Inch House has vanished and the industrial estate of Purcellsinch now covers the ground, but the idea remains: a house can disappear while its garden shape continues to suggest how people wanted to live there.

On a S-facing slope, c. 90m SW of the Kilkenny to Waterford railway line and c. 300m W of a tributary of the River Nore. Indicated as a wooded circular area (diam. c. 42m) on the 1st (1839-40) ed. OS 6-inch map with a 'Turret' and on the 1945-6 revision with a 'Turret (in Ruins)'. It was located c. 170m to the rear of the 18th-century Inch House and was probably a tree-ring, a designed landscape feature associated with Inch House demesne. Inch House is now demolished. Both the tree-ring and turret (KK019-035002-) were removed during the construction of Purcellsinch industrial estate and a large factory now occupies the site. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 October 2020

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