What is recorded here

Indicated is a designed tree-ring beside Lelagh House in County Offaly, recorded in the nineteenth century as an Ancient Fort and a plantation. The distinction between natural growth and deliberate shaping may have blurred then as it does now, inviting people to project memory onto ordinary wood.

Known locally in the nineteenth century as an 'Ancient Fort' (OF031-040----) and a 'plantation' (OSFNB 1838-40, 30). This is the site of a landscape feature asssoicated with Lelagh House as described in the Ordance Survey Field Name Books and on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

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