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High Detailed Terrain Modelling
at Blessington Demesne, Co. Wicklow
The remains of Downshire House in Blessington Demesne are surrounded by
landscape garden features dating from the 17th century onwards. This planned
relic landscape provides an ideal opportunity for high detailed Terrain
Modelling survey as part of a pre-development Archaeological Impact Assessment
Study.
The demesne has terraces, ponds and avenues, Baroque style gardens as well as a
prominent bastion and an interesting canal feature. The lands are also host to a
number of fluvio-glacial features in the form of kettle holes, as well as a
Bronze Age Barrow site.
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A few of these features are very prominent present upstanding topographical
features and may be seen on aerial photography of the area. The majority have
survived as subtle undulations on the ground barely discernible by the naked eye.
A Series of linear and sub-rectangular patterns combined with small depressions
and large hollows form a complex and interesting landscape. |
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