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Plate 7. Birr Castle hoist.
Source. Author's photograph of four-story hoist at Birr Castle, County Offaly.
small quantities. In times of substantial rainfall, the tedious business of pumping sufficient quantities of well water was also avoided.
River Water
Many big house demesnes had a river flowing through them. A river, as well as being a pleasant feature of the landscape, is a moving mass of water that possesses momentum and, therefore, has the capacity to do