Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Martello tower
Clonahenoge, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonahenoge
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Meelick Tower
- Coordinates
- 53.17163, -8.08051
- SMR number
- OF029-007----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Post 1700 artillery fortification built in the 19th century for the defence of the River Shannon (Kerrigan 1980, 171-4).
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
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Bastioned fortunder 1 mi
- Batteryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.