Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Milltown (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Milltown (rathconrath By., Churchtown Ed)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.49550, -7.48735
- SMR number
- WM025-012001-
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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
Located just off top of ridge of rising ground on NE facing slope with good views in all directions. Levelled R. C. Chapel (WM025-154----) located 60m to N, medieval church site (WM025-011----) and graveyard (WM025-011002-) 100m to N. Well preserved ringfort (WM025-012----) which is now fenced off and inaccessible due to dense cover of scrub vegetation around the perimeter of the monument. The presence of a rectangular house site aligned NW-SE in the ESE quadrant of the ringfort was recorded in 1971 by Archaeological Survey of Ireland (SMR File 09/04/1971). In this year the monument was described as following; ‘inside the bank on the ESE there is a rectangular NW-SE house site (int. dims. 8.7m x 6.5m) represented by remains of an earth and stone bank (H 0.5m; Wth 1.2m). It is gapped in a few places and the doorway cannot be recognised’ (SMR File 09/04/1971).
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 30 July 2014
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.