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Curved boundary limestone wall and drainage ditch, built c.1780, enclosing demesne of the former Under Secretary's Lodge. Irregular round plan, comprising sloped grass banks to outer perimeter of ditch, random coursed and squared limestone rubble walls with pedestrian cast-iron gates. Ditch terminates to north, abutting to random coursed boundary wall of Ashtown Visitors' Centre. Bitmac path to north entrance, with modern flush metal vehicular gates carried on squared stone piers. Wooded area to each side of entrance enclosed by horizontal cast-iron railings, set between plain uprights. Railings have intermittent squared cast-iron piers with spherical tops (maker's mark indistinguishable except for 'Belfast') and iron gates carried on similar conical posts (maker's mark 'Kennan & Sons Ltd Dublin'). Southern entrance contains early nineteenth-century gate lodge and cast-iron gate screen. Set within landscaped park with mature planting. A number of historic structures to site, including former stables, now a Visitor Centre, walled garden and tower house.
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