Overview
Castle — Kilpatrick (fore By.) is recorded as Castle — unclassified in Westmeath. Situated on a low rise of ground in grass-land, sloping down to lower poorly drained land at E and SE. Church (WM013-002---) and graveyard (WM013-002001-) 180m to SE.
Who built and held it
The saved account records: In 1632 an inquiry into the estate of the deceased Walter Browne who died on the 25th of March 1611 recorded that he possessed 2 castles 20 messuages, 20 gardens & 180 acres of land in the townland of Kilpatrick also known as Dorsankill (Cal.
Attack, change and use
The saved account records: Situated on a low rise of ground in grass-land, sloping down to lower poorly drained land at E and SE.
What survives
The saved account records: To the W of these mounds there is a large sub-rectangular shaped area defined by a low earthen bank with external fosse visible from E through S to SW.
Why it mattered
Castle — Kilpatrick (fore By.) matters because the source ties castle — unclassified to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Church (WM013-002---) and graveyard (WM013-002001-) 180m to SE.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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