Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 18th/19th century
Milltown (castlereagh By., Castleteheen Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (castlereagh By., Castleteheen Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Milltown Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74109, -8.33976
- SMR number
- RO027-087----
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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
On the crest of a NW-SE ridge, and at the S end of the roadway (RO027-041----) which extends N to Castleplunket village. Marked on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as Milltown House, and known locally as the site of a castle owned by the O'Conors. The house was built in the mid-18th Century by Thomas O'Conor, the great great grandfather of Roderic O'Conor (1860 - 1940), the artist. It is now a quarry. (Gormley 1989, 147)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gormley, M. (compiler) 1989 Tulsk parish in historic Maigh Aí. Aspects of its history and folklore. Author
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.