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'Forfeited Plantation' - Down Survey Map

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  • 16-03-2014 11:30pm
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    PCGEN
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭


    Does anyone know what Forfeited plantation is, mentioned on Down Survey map.


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    Waitsian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,708 ✭✭✭Waitsian


    PCGEN wrote: »
    Does anyone know what Forfeited plantation is, mentioned on Down Survey map.

    Taken from the Down Survey homepage:

    "Taken in the years 1656-1658, the Down Survey of Ireland is the first ever detailed land survey on a national scale anywhere in the world. The survey sought to measure all the land to be forfeited by the Catholic Irish in order to facilitate its redistribution to Merchant Adventurers and English soldiers."

    It's land forfeited to planters basically.


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