Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - indeterminate date
Lynn, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lynn
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.50559, -7.35183
- SMR number
- WM026-005001-
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 in centre of a ringfort (WM005-026----). The grass-covered wall footings (Wth 2.3m; H 0.35m) of a long, rectangular-shaped house (approx. ext. dims. 12.5m N-S; 6m E-W; int. dims. 10m N-S; 3.5m E-W), orientated NNE-SSW, are visible in the centre of a ringfort. Two opposing gaps along the E (Wth 1.7m) and W (Wth 1.5m) sides of the building probably represent the remains of doorways into the building. A possible second house site (WM026-005002-) may be located immediately to E. The long dimensions of this house along with the presence of two opposing doorways could suggest the remains of a post-medieval vernacular house.
See attached sketch plan of monument drawn by ASI fieldworker c. 1971
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 16 August 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.