Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Baronstown Demesne, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baronstown Demesne
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Leper house or Bridgets hospital (in Ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Leper house or Bridgets hospital (in Ruins)
- SMR number
- WM011-044----
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The National Monuments Service's description
Same site as WM011-040001-, depicted as a 'Leper House or Bridget's Hospital (in Ruins) on 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. This building located S of St. Bigeasch Church was classified as a hospital and as a castle. The 1656 Down Survey map of Kilbixy parish depicts a small tower standing to the S of Kilbixy fortified church (WM011-040002-) which appears to be the remains of Bridget's Hospital which appears to be the remains of a hall house or 13th century castle rather than a hospital (NLI, MS 723-4).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien & Frank Coyne
Date of upload: 18 August 2017
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.