Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Windmill
Lackan (athlone North By., Lackan Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackan (athlone North By., Lackan Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lackan Windmill (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.54330, -8.16186
- SMR number
- RO045-001001-
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
Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as being in ruins. It is situated on top of Lackan Hill. Only the N part of an ivy-covered circular tower (int. diam. 3.9m; H c. 7m) with a rubble core wall (T 1m) and the jambs of doors at E and W at the ground floor survives. It was excavated into rath (RO045-001002-), with a sunken path approaching the tower from the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.