Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Williamstown (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Williamstown (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- WM017-001----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of Williamstown Castle has not been identified. The castle is depicted on the 1655-9 Down Survey maps of Rathcronrath barony and Piercetown parish (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. There is no evidence to suggest that Williamstown Lodge was built on the site of the medieval castle. This lodge is located in the wrong part of the townland as the castle is depicted standing in the S quadrant of Williamstown on the Down Survey parish map.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 5 October 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.