Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Barmeath, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barmeath
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Barmeath
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Remains of)
- Coordinates
- 53.82678, -6.33655
- SMR number
- LH018-033----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Remodelled in the 1820s by Mr. Smith, an architect from Herefordshire (Leslie 1908, 126), this modern structure probably incorporates part of a tower house. This is evident at the NE angle where the walls of the corner tower and the E portion of the N wall are much thicker than the rest of the building. (Bassett 1886, 223; Tempest 1952b, 141)
The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 July 2007
References
Bassett, G.H. 1886 (reprint 1998) Louth County, guide and directory. Dundalk. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society.
Leslie, J.B. 1908 History of Kilsaran, County Louth. Dundalk.
Tempest, H.G. 1952 Gossiping guide to Co. Louth (3 parts). Dundalk. Dundalgan Press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.