Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th century
Ballylevin, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylevin
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ballylevin Ho.
- Coordinates
- 53.21663, -7.39448
- SMR number
- OF025-019002-
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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
Described by Loeber (1988, vol. 1, 55) as Ballylevan House (ext. dims. 17m x 7.5m) consisting of diagonal chimney stacks which originally had a thatched roof now replaced by a modern roof with a partial cellar underneath, orginal dormers in thatch that were replaced by 20th century windows. 1641 depositions of this area mentions Chas. Cosby of Ballyleven, Co. Offaly (TCD, MS 814 J. 546; Loeber 1988, vol. 1, 55). No evidence of any dwelling pre-1700 in area marked on six inch OS 6-inch map.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.