Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Davidstown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Davidstown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- WM018-034----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of Davidstown Castle has not been identified. A tower house type castle is depicted in 'Painestowne' [Davidstown] on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Rathconrath parish where it is depicted standing on lands owned by Oliver Dalton, an Irish papist, in 1641 (NLI, MS 723-4). On this map the castle is shown standing close to the townland boundary with Milltown. The castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps.
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.