Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Ballynacarrow (rathconrath By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynacarrow (rathconrath By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50114, -7.53403
- SMR number
- WM025-001001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a hillslope, in undulating pasture, sheltered by higher ground to NE, E and SE and with a commanding view along the valley to N, S and W. On top of motte (WM025-001----) are the remains of a rectangular-shaped structure (WM025-001001-) defined by a low bank of earth and stone with a gap at SSE end which may represent the entrance. The slope of the mound outside this possible entrance is not as steep as elsewhere. There is a modern depression where the NW corner of the structure would have been.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 03 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.