What is recorded here

Deer park in Rathcline: Sir George Lane received royal permission in 1664 to impark up to 600 acres across Lanesborough, Rathcline and Lisduff, and by 1682 Nicholas Dowdall recorded it beside orchards, gardens and fishponds at a pleasant improved seat. The exact ground has not been identified, but it is easy to imagine lane-side fences, grassy enclosures and the quiet sound of hooves near a house made for display as much as defence.

Associated a the fortified house (LF017-009003-). In 1664 the English Crown granted Sir George Lane the 'power to impark 600 or less or more acres in the said manor [Lanesborough] or in the manors of Rathcline and Lisduff' (Cal. S.P. Ire. 1663-5, 443). Noted by Nicholas Dowdall in 1682 as forming part of the improved estate of George Lane at Rathcline, 'the seat being very pleasant and well Improved with Orchards, Gardens [LF017-009008-], Fishponds [LF017-009005-] and a Deer Park' (Gillespie and Moran 1991, 208). The precise location of the deer park has not been identified. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 5 July 2012

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