Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Metalworking site
Forest,forgeland, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Forest,forgeland
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- LA017-029----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated seventeenth century Ironworks set up Sir Charles Coote who established Iron works at Mountrath, on the earl of Londonderry's estates at Ironmills near Ballinakill and at Mountmellick (Feehan 1983, 337). The three principal ironworks in Laois were all located in the angle made by the confluence of two rivers. The Mountrath works were located in the townland of Forest, south of the modern town, in the angle made by the Nore and Mountrath Rivers, this piece of land still bears the name of 'Forgeland' (Feehan 1983, 338).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007