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Castle - unclassified

Duneel, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Duneel, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Duneel
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Doon Castle
Latest-edition OS map
Doon Castle (Site of)
Coordinates
53.50182, -7.62545
SMR number
WM024-010001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Situated on a slight natural rise, in low-lying, wet pasture. Depicted on the 1913 ed. OS 6-inch map as ‘Doon Castle (Site of)’. Monument described in 1971 as a large subrectangular-shaped enclosure located within the S half of ringwork (WM024-010----). It is enclosed by a low, broad grass-covered bank and divided internally by faint traces of a grass-covered earth and stone bank. Outline of monument clearly visible on oblique aerial photographs (CUCAP AOY093/094)taken 12/07/1966.

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 30 July 2019

References

CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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