Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Adamstown (moycashel By.), County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown (moycashel By.)
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Adamstown Castle (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.45624, -7.51156
- SMR number
- WM025-131----
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 to E of a gentle rise, in gently undulating pasture, with good views to E and S. A ringfort (WM025-130----) lies c. 60m to W. Not depicted or named on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map, where there is a farmyard shown. Depicted as a U-shaped structure annotated named ‘Adamstown Castle (in Ruins)’ on the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Area of monument is occupied by a modern dwelling on Digital Globe aerial photgraphy.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 24 September 2019
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.