The country estate and the agricultural ward of Daralcohaile (Granada)

Abstract

Daralcohaile was situated at the southern edge of the municipal district of Granada and in the northern part of the district of La Zubia, in an area of fertile lands on the left bank of the Monachil river. Its name disappeared from the municipal district of Granada some centuries ago, after being encompassed by the agricultural ward of Darabenaz, but it has remained present in that of La Zubia. In this paper the territory's evolution is analysed, using surviving textual and graphic documentation. The geospatial data from the survey conducted by magistrate Antonio Loaysa in the 1570s and the information con- tained in the cadastre ordered by the Marquis of Ensenada in the mid-seventeenth century, as well as other texts and cartographic documentation, play a vital role in this task. The analysis of all this information provides a clear vision of how the main morphological features of these lands have evolved from the Late Middle Ages to today.