Blessington Demesne 1

Nearest town:
Blessington (1km SW)
OS reference:
N984148
OS sheet:
56
Latitude:
53° 10' 28.57 N
Longitude:
6° 31' 41.56 W
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Images

Image of Blessington Demesne 1 (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Development continues at the barrow, a new outdoor fitness gym built on the right of the shot. What’s next?

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ryaner Jul 3, 2019
Image of Blessington Demesne 1 (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Endlessly fascinated by this monument, its durability and its location. Early January, 2018.

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ryaner Jan 7, 2018
Image of Blessington Demesne 1 (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Laugh? I nearly did. Blessington looks after its monuments, and kids.

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ryaner Jun 23, 2015
Image of Blessington Demesne 1 (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Looking west. Whose idea was this, I wonder?

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ryaner Nov 1, 2014
Image of Blessington Demesne 1 (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

Looking east from on top of the barrow. What a tight squeeze it will be.

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ryaner Nov 1, 2014
Image of Blessington Demesne 1 (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

East side of the barrow, with digging works right up to the bank.

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ryaner Nov 1, 2014
Image of Blessington Demesne 1 (Round Barrow(s)) by ryaner

I want to visit here in winter when there is less vegetation – but the sky won’t be as dramatic.

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ryaner Sep 28, 2014

Articles

Blessington Demesne 1

Ex-Garda ‘likely to have disturbed human remains’ at protected monument

moss
moss Jan 30, 2015

RETIRED GARDA is likely to have “removed and disturbed human remains” when he damaged a Bronze Age burial mound in County Wicklow, a court has heard.
Tony (also known as Thomas) Hand, aged 69, had denied interfering with the national monument at Carrig, Blessington by taking stones from the protected site on the night of 4 May, 2011.
However following a week-long trial at Bray Circuit Court, he was convicted yesterday of criminal damage to the prehistoric stone circle.

Continued;
thejournal.ie/garda-monument-remains-1911185-Jan2015/?fb_ref=Default

There are two sites of this name, Desmene 1 and 2, so it could be either....

Blessington Demesne 1

ryaner
ryaner Nov 1, 2014

I was heading south for Church mountain and glanced down to my right as I entered Blessington. Seeing the temporary fencing I quickly diverted and decided to check it out. And oh dear, what a mess! Already a neglected and overgrown monument, with a kids’ playground butted up to its west side, now the ignominy of a skate park to its east.

Sounding desperately like a killjoy to myself here, let it be said that the more playgrounds and skate parks for our kids, the better. But come on – allow the ancient burial site a bit of room to breathe. The beginnings of the ground work on the east side cut right into the edge of the external bank.

The whole project seems to have gone ahead with a lack of thought – what’s going to happen to the barrow now, given that the council has already treated it with such disdain? I get the feeling that they’d prefer if it just went away. Shame.

Blessington Demesne 1

ryaner
ryaner Jul 15, 2014

This site is actually visible from the N81, down on the right-hand side as you enter the town of Blessington from the north, opposite the Topaz garage and behind the Aldi.

When I stumbled upon it and saw its current situation beside a childrens’ playground I laughed out loud. I climbed the tallest climbing frame to take a few snaps, explaining to the mother and her child about the 3,000 year old burial mound.

Absolutely fascinating that this is still here – they even diverted the road around it. It’s quite overgrown at the moment, rose-bay willow herb colonising the southern end, but the fosse and bank are still very visible, with the centre of the mound quite flat, either robbed of some of its material or designed like that. (A lot of the barrows hereabouts have similar problems)

This one is a survivor, lying there as the hustle and bustle of a busy town goes on around it, bang in front of your face and invisible. Great.

Miscellaneous

Blessington Demesne 1
Round Barrow(s)
ryaner
ryaner Jul 14, 2014

From archaeology.ie:

Description: On a slight rise in gently undulating terrain with higher ground to the NW. Circular mound (diam. 11.1m; H. 1m) with an external annular ditch (Wth 1.5m; D. 0.45m).

Compiled by: Matt Kelleher

Date of upload: 04 December 2012

Date of last visit: 16 May 1989

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