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Bastioned fort

Kilcleagh, County Westmeath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bastioned fort, Kilcleagh, County Westmeath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilcleagh
County
Westmeath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Battery
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.37721, -7.80595
SMR number
WM036-008----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Situated on the demesne lands of Castle Daly now Kilcleagh Park (WM036-011----), which lies c. 285m to NE. A corn mill (WM036-010----) and castle (WM036-011----) lies c. 185m to ENE. Annotated 'Battery' on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map and depicted as a rectangular-shaped earthwork (approx. dims. 27m E-W; 24m N-S). Not shown on revised ed. OS maps. According to O’Donovan (OSNB 34, 37), this is an ornamental mound shaped constructed to resemble an artillery fortification known as a battery. There is a flagstaff on the mound but no military arsenal is mounted. Described in 1977 as a roughly rectangular-shaped platform (approx. dims. 17m x 17m) defined by a ditch with traces of bastions at each corner. The W side is better preserved than the E side. Bushes growing on the edge of the platform and cattle have denuded much of the surface. The earthwork overlooks the old road which runs E-W past Castle Daly now Kilcleagh Park. Monument is visible today as a rectangular-shaped partially tree-lined earthwork on Digital Globe aerial photography. Possibly the remains of a 17th century star-shaped earthen fort or constructed as an ornamental landscaped feature designed to look like a 17th century artillery fortification on the demesne of Castle Daly (WM036-011----).

Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.

Date of upload: 28 November 2019

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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