Survey Data
Reg No
20901923
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Previous Name
Mitchelstown Castle
Original Use
Ornamental canal/lake
Date
1760 - 1800
Coordinates
180328, 113166
Date Recorded
05/03/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Ornamental canal, built c. 1780, in demesne of now demolished Mitchelstown Castle. Comprises major western water body and minor eastern water body, having inflow from west. Both parts largely overgrown, with earthen banking especially evident at west end.
Appraisal
Ornamental canals are a feature of larger seventeenth and eighteenth-century demesnes. They provided variety to the formal landscape and in this case, provided ice for the nearby icehouse. Although now overgrown, this example at Mitchelstown is intact and provides a focal point when viewed from the north and west along the town's bypass.