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Castle - tower house

Knockdrin (Moyashel & Magheradernon By.), County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Knockdrin, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knockdrin (Moyashel & Magheradernon By.)
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Outlined
Latest-edition OS map
Castle
Coordinates
53.57486, -7.31378
SMR number
WM012-176----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The townland of Knockdrin was formerly known as Monelea as depicted on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Rathconnell parish (NLI, MS 723-4). In 1641 the lands of Monelea belonged to Andrew Tuite who is listed in the Down Survey as an 'Irish Papist'. A medieval castle is depicted standing beside a medieval roadway close to the River Gaine in the N quadrant of the townland. This places the castle in the general vicinity of the 19th century Knockdrin Castle.
Situated in the SE corner of a walled orchard/garden 100m NE of Knockdrin Castle which was built in the 19th century. A rectangular tower (dims. 7.5m; 5m; max. H 9m) the walls of which are pierced with a number of narrow windows opes with brick surrounds in the S wall. Not certain whether this is the remains of a medieval tower house that has been modified or a 19th century Gothick style tower built in the style of a medieval tower house. A second castle (WM012-178----) marked on the OS map in this townland 980m to SE appears to be the remains of an 18th/19th century icehouse.

Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 9 March 2018

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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