Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Catherinestown, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Catherinestown
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48027, -7.30360
- SMR number
- WM026-035----
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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 at S end of low hillock overlooking Kilronan chapel (WM026-037001-) and graveyard (WM026-037003-) 225m to E. Standing Stone (WM026-036----) 125m to N, ringfort (WM026-038----) 320m to NNE, second ringfort (WM026-039----) 380m to ENE. Building stood in field approximately 3m E of the field fence running N-S that is shown on the 1911 ed. OS 25-inch map. No surface remains visible of 'Ruins' depicted in this field on Larkin's 1808 map of Co. Westmeath. This site was mistakenly identified as the site of 'Catherinestown Castle' (WM026-124----) and listed in the Westmeath RMP as a 'Castle site of'. The medieval castle of Catherinestown was located in the N quadrant of the townland close to the boundary with Burnellstown and Ardillon. The ruins of a building depicted in this field on Larkin's 1808 map of Westmeath could have been the remains of a pre-1700 house.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 22 January 2018
References
NLI, MS 723-4 - National Library of Ireland, The parish maps of the Down Survey for the County of Westmeath, attested by W. Petty, in 1659. Copied by Daniel O'Brien. A set of 67 maps with accompanying terriers in two volumes, 1786-7. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Chapelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.