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and a prolific growth of common reed. Within the Island is St. Columcille’s Well. The approach to the Island is via a mostly grasscovered tarmac footpath leading from St. Columba’s church. A gate and rudimentary signage has recently been installed. The landscape at the causeway onto the island is unkempt, littered with deadwood and the path flooded. Esker Riada A roughly two kilometre stretch of Esker Riada, the largest esker in Ireland, forms the nor thern boundary of the demesne. With the establishment of the demesne landscape the Esker was planted as boundary woodland, the dominant species being beech as well as sycamore, crab apple and oak. Known as the High Wood, its steep sides rising above the low-lying parkland and agricultural fields adjacent to the south contribute greatly to the enclosure and sense of remoteness experienced within the demesne. The Spiritual / Monastic Compartment This area consists of St Columba’s Church and Graveyard, St Columcille’s Island and Well including the causeway and the adjacent woods and fen. This area represents the origins and spiritual associations of the site. Access Compar tment This area consists of the gate entrance off the N52 including the road, the gate lodge and surrounding woodland and the avenue leading into the demesne. As the primary public access point to the demesne this is primarily a functional area. Its future management and development will have to facilitate improved access to the monuments, and possibly to the broader demesne landscape, without undue impact to its component par ts. CHARACTER AREAS The Domestic Compar tment This area consists of Durrow Abbey house, the domestic landscape, the farm buildings, the walled garden and motte. The man made features form a distinctive grouping created for a definite and integrated purpose with the main house forming a focal point for the surrounding landscape. The most modern features – the house, outbuildings and farm buildings – and the older walled garden would have been the focus of life and activity for the demesne. The Motte is a much older feature within this compar tment and is included purely as an accident of geography. In terms of the gardens and environs of the house it creates an oppor tunity to create another more ancient focal point (a microcosm of the landscape layers) as well as a viewing point for the wider landscape and features. 28
LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS KEY TO DRAWING REQUIRED FROM CSR 29
Page 1 and 2: DURROW ABBEY CO. OFFALY CONSERVATIO
Page 3 and 4: This conservation plan was commissi
Page 5 and 6: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT EARLY HISTOR
Page 7 and 8: wall and stream and on the south, s
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: west walls measuring 70-85m. Its co
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.
Page 53 and 54: GLOSSARY OF TERMS Throughout the fo
Page 55 and 56: ety, Geography Publications Dublin
Page 57: CATALOGUE OF MURRAY DRAWINGS HELD A

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