Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rabbit warren
Monksland, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monksland
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- WM029-042105-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated rabbit warren within the townland of Monksland which is mentioned in a land grant dating from 1619. In this year the Crown granted John Trestian lands in the town of Athlone including 'Monksland, 2 qrtrs, except the rabbit-warren and the wood and underwood there; all in Athlone' (Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I, 422).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 11 December 2013
References
Cal. pat. rolls Ire., Jas I - Irish patent rolls of James I: facsimile of the Irish record commissioners' calendar prepared prior to 1830, with foreword by M.C. Griffith (Irish Manuscripts Commission, Dublin, 1966)