Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Rowlandstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rowlandstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- WM017-013----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of Rowlandstown Castle has not been identified. The castle is depicted on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Rathconrath parish (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. In 1641 the lands of Rowlandstown belonged to Richard Dalton who is listed as an 'Irish papist' (ibid.). There is no evidence to suggest that Mearscourt House was built on the site of the medieval castle.
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.