Survey Data
Reg No
13001060
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Historical, Social
Original Use
Park
Date
1680 - 1740
Coordinates
213701, 275970
Date Recorded
25/01/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Tree-lined avenue/landscape feature, laid out c. 1720. Approximately 900 metres long (running roughly east-west) and 75 metres wide. Located to the northeast of Longford Town centre. River Camlin runs along the south side.
Appraisal
This curious and picturesque tree-lined avenue could be of considerable antiquity. It attractively links the St. John's Church of Ireland church (13002006) with the associated rectory (13008015) to the east. It was possibly originally laid out to link the Dominican Friary of St. Brigid (LF013-026---) to the west end, no longer extant, with the remains of a small-single cell church (LF013-016---/13008014), probably pre-1700 in date, to the east. It now acts as an important public amenity and represents an interesting, and unusual, element of the built heritage of Longford Town.