durrow abbey co. offaly conservation plan - Offaly County Council

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Aims and objectives HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT Early history Seventeenth and eighteenth century history Nineteenth century history Twentieth century history Twentieth century ownership Site chronology PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Archaeological features Demesne and landscape features Man made features ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Archaeological significance Architectural significance Aesthetic significance Landscape significance Historic significance Social and spiritual significance Natural / ecological significance GRADING OF SIGNIFICANCE Primary significance Secondary significance Neutral Intrusive STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE DEFINING ISSUES AND VULNERABILITY Ownership Client’s requirements and resources External requirements Community attitudes and expectations CONSERVATION POLICIES Basis of approach Public access Archaeology Demesne and landscape Man made features Policies relating to the future use of the site Management and maintenance GLOSSARY OF TERMS BIBLIOGRAPHY CATALOGUE OF MURRAY DRAWING RELATING TO DURROW HELD IN THE IRISH ARCHITECTURAL ARCHIVE
This conservation plan was commissioned by the Office of Public Works for Durrow Abbey and the surrounding thir ty-one hectares of land acquired by the state in 2003. Durrow Abbey, Co Offaly is located eight kilometers to the nor th of Tullamore on the N52 to Kilbeggan. The site was occupied in the early medieval period by a monastery, founded by St Columcille in the sixth century. An Augustinian priory and Anglo-Norman castle were subsequently built on the site in the twelfth century. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the sixteenth century the lands of the monastery went into private ownership. Much of what remains on site today in terms of landscape treatments and built structures dates from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries including the Gothic Revival Durrow Abbey House. The survival of evidence from the many layers of occupation of the site from the sixth century to the present day contributes to its exceptional historical and cultural significance. The study boundary is the land acquired by the Irish state in December 2003, however, the wider historical demesne has been analysed to provide a more complete context for the archaeology and landscape design. The conservation plan was under taken between November 2004 and May 2005 and provides a series of policies to inform the future conservation and management of the site. The conservation plan team was led by Howley Harrington Architects with input from Cunnane Stratton Reynolds, landscape and planning consultants, the Cultural Resource Development Services Ltd, archaeologists and Dr Christopher Moriar ty, natural historian.
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Page 5 and 6: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT EARLY HISTOR
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Page 9 and 10: The rolling hills to the south of D
Page 11 and 12: 1837-8 Ordnance Survey map of Durro
Page 13 and 14: thought that Hector John Toler carr
Page 15 and 16: William H. Byrne, proposal drawing
Page 17 and 18: A simple Ar ts and Crafts style was
Page 19 and 20: c.1926 1950s 1950, February 1950s 2
Page 21 and 22: panels. The slab has suffered damag
Page 23 and 24: DEMESNE AND LANDSCAPE FEATURES The
Page 25 and 26: A stretch of road shown on the hist
Page 27 and 28: west walls measuring 70-85m. Its co
Page 29 and 30: LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS KEY TO DRAWING R
Page 31 and 32: The massive stone chimney stacks an
Page 33 and 34: EAST YARD An inscribed date of 1833
Page 35 and 36: Octagonal Gardener’s Cottage A sm
Page 37 and 38: ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE Durrow A
Page 39 and 40: H I S TO R I C S I G N I F I C A N
Page 41 and 42: STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Durrow Ab
Page 43 and 44: The National Development Plan is de
Page 45 and 46: in otherwise significant areas, wil
Page 47 and 48: therefore, only native woodland spe
Page 49 and 50: consultation with the local parish)
Page 51 and 52: Other man made features Policy 29.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS Throughout the fo
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CATALOGUE OF MURRAY DRAWINGS HELD A
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