What is recorded here
Situated in undulating pasture. Hopestown Castle (WM018-140----) and bawn (WM018-140001-) lie c. 50m to N. Earthwork depicted on Larkin’s 1808 Map of County Westmeath (NLI, MS 46,580 ). Not depicted on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map or the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map. Described in 1970 as no surface remains visible. A small circular-shaped earthwork earthwork visible today on Digital Globe aerial photography may be the earthwork depicted on Larkin's map of County Westmeath.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 12 February 2019
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
OutlinedBawn · 98 yd
Castle (in Ruins)Castle, tower house · 143 yd
Hopestown Church (in Ruins)Church · 499 yd
gates/railings/wallsgates/railings/walls · 687 yd
Partially hachuredFairy fort / earthen ringfort · 691 yd
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WestmeathVisitor information · 2.8 mi
Srudarra IslandIslet · 3.3 mi
Carrickphilbin IslandIslet · 3.6 mi
ShawbrookForest · 11 mi
Common AlderCommon Alder · 11 mi
Kilmalady HillMountain / peak · 12 mi