Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Memorial stone
Athcarne, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athcarne
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicaetd
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.62191, -6.44131
- SMR number
- ME033-004002-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The tower house (ME033-004----) was erected for William Bathe and his wife, Jane Dowdall, in 1590. There is a commemorative stone placed high at the SW end of the external SE wall of the revamped extension with two crests within wreaths and an inscription. It reads: WB ID 1590 (Grose 1791, 2, 33).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date or upload; 13 July, 2016
References
Grose, F. 1791 The antiquities of Ireland, 2 vols. London. S. Hooper.
Nearby in the register
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.