Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Hermitage
Barmeath, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barmeath
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hermitage
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hermitage (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.82478, -6.33607
- SMR number
- LH018-034----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked as 'Hermitage' on the 1835 'OS 6-inch' map and 'Hermitage (in Ruins)' on the 1911 'OS 6-inch map'. When inspected by ASI in 1966 it was described as a small rectangular structure (Int. dims. 8m x 4m), in a ruinous state with a bricked interior and boulders on the exterior.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 4 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.