Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Burial
Robinstown (delvin By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Robinstown (delvin By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WM008-098----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The files of the National Museum of Ireland records that in November 1937 human remains were discovered during quarrying operations near Robinstown, Mullingar, Co. Meath (Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 522-3). The discovery, which was reported in the Cork Examiner, consisted of part of a human skeleton in a poor state of preservation. The remains of a horse were apparently also found in the quarry. According to the report, the remains were six feet under the surface. The quarry was stated to be located close to a ringfort. There are several townlands called 'Robinstown' in Co. Westmeath. The report suggests that the site in question here is in the same locality as De Lacy's Castle, Rathconnell, east of Mullingar. This information identifies the townland as Robinstown in the barony of Delvin on the OS 6-inch sheet number 8. The SMR records three ringforts in this townland (WM008-084/085/086) but it is not possible to say which of these is the one mentioned in the report. There are no further details available (NMI File).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 08 December 2010
References
Cahill, M. and Sikora, M. (eds) 2011 Breaking ground, finding graves - reports on the excavations of burials by the National Museum of Ireland, 1927-2006, 2 vols. Dublin. Wordwell Ltd. in association with the National Museum of Ireland.