Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rathaspick, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathaspick
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.63722, -7.54529
- SMR number
- WM005-009----
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
Medieval castle of Rathaspick depicted on the 1659 Down Survey map of Moygoish barony (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is depicted standing beside the medieval church (WM005-008---) of Rathaspick on the 1659 Down Survey map of Rathaspick parish (ibid.). The terrier of the parish map states that the castle at Rathaspicke was 'in repaire' (ibid.) Castle site located to E of Rathaspic House and 70m S of Rathaspick Church (WM005-008----). Site of Castle annotated on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and marked in area to E of Rathaspic House. No surface remains visible of any castle or of any cut stone incorporated into Rathaspic House or the outbuildings associated with Rathaspic House. The precise location of this castle has not been identified.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne & Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 13 December 2016
References
NLI, MS 723-4 - National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey for the County of Westmeath, attested by W. Petty, in 1659. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 67 maps with accompanying terriers in two volumes, 1786-7. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.