Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Windmill
Howthstown, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Howthstown
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- ‘Windmill (in ruins)’
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.80995, -6.63403
- SMR number
- ME006-070----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the summit of a small hillock. A tower windmill annotated as a ‘Windmill (in ruins)’ in italic lettering is depicted only on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map. It is not extant and was first reported by Jean Charles Caillére.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.