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The Travels of Joseph Woods, Architect and Botanist, in 1809 (Author: Joseph Woods)

entry 53

On Friday I rode over to Oaklands the seat of Mr. Sparrow.203 The house occupies a very pleasant situation on a tongue of land between two little vallies backed by higher hills. To the west it has a view of the Galtees. The foreground is cultivated meadowland adorned with trees. A horn of the moose Deer — the skull of an animal of the Ox genus and some others of what may be called natural antiquities have been dug up in the grounds and also some fragments of horse furniture, such as is commonly in Ireland attributed to the Danes.204 A Danish fort occupied the site where the house [p. 171] now stands.