Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone head (present location)
Williamstown (Briscoe), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Williamstown (Briscoe)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58056, -7.15085
- SMR number
- WM013-060002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Built into the outer wall of a farm building in the yard of Williamstown House located 20m S of Williamstown Castle site (WM013-060---) and bawn (WM013-060001-). A small weathered limestone head (Wth 0.1m; H 0.13m) with a flat face, large eyebrows, a flat nose and a small circular mouth. May have original come from Williamstown Castle.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 April 2018
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.