Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Fortification
Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athlone
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.42225, -7.93857
- SMR number
- WM029-042065-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Demi-bastion to SE. A demi-bastion, constructed in the Cromwellian period, was built onto made ground, on the E bank of the river. The demi-bastion abutted the medieval wall, which ran SW - NE along the E side of the back of the original Friary complex. There are no traces of the demi-bastion which was located on the riverbank. ('Athlone Town Walls & Defences Conservation Plan - An Action of the Co. Westmeath Heritage Plan 2003-2007', Athlone Town Council, Oxford Archaeology, 2005, 43).
Compiled by: Rachel Barrett
Date of upload: 15 October 2010
Nearby in the register
- Weir - fishunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.