Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Killynan (pratt), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killynan (pratt)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Killynan Ho.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killynan Ho.
- SMR number
- WM020-003----
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The National Monuments Service's description
The precise location of Killynan Castle has not been identified. The castle is depicted on the 1655-9 Down Survey map of Rathconnell parish (NLI, MS 723-4). The castle is not depicted on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. Killynan House was visited in 1983 and no fabric of any medieval castle was identified in the house or in the farmyard belonging to the house.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 6 October 2016
References
ASIAP - Archaeological Survey of Ireland Aerial Photographs (c. 1996 - c. 2010).
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.