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How to identity deer park and medieval demesne perimeters?

Yellow_Fern · 2022-07-04 03:25:24

Dia dhaoibh, basically I understand there are many medieval/ early modern deer parks and demesnes around the country that are rather poorly studied and documented. I wonder how would one recognise them in the field? I believe that they can occur as ditches but also as stone walls? How old can walled examples be?

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04-07-2022 4:25am

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Dia dhaoibh,
basically I understand there are many medieval/ early modern deer parks and demesnes around the country that are rather poorly studied and documented. I wonder how would one recognise them in the field? I believe that they can occur as ditches but also as stone walls? How old can walled examples be?

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#2 04-07-2022 7:05am
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Maybe take a look at these 2 books for some ideas:
https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2015/anglo-norman-parks-in-medieval-ireland/
https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2015/irish-demesne-landscapes/
The books should be available through your library.
Old maps would probably be another good place to look.

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