Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Round tower
Aghmacart, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghmacart
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.82082, -7.51033
- SMR number
- LA034-019008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a low lying area. Reference to a possible round tower or bell tower here (Roe, Helen M. 75). No visible surface remains.
In 1151 AD according to the Annals of the Four Masters at Achadh Meic Airt (Aghmacart) where 'in the cloightheach of this church, Eochaid Ui Chuinn, the Fear Leighinn (lector) were burnt to death' (H. Roe, A History of County Laoighis (Unpublished), p. 75)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.