Ford in Mullingar, County Westmeath

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What is recorded here

According to the Urban Survey of Westmeath (Bradley et. al. 1985, 113-14), 'Mullingar, the county town of Westmeath, is situated in low-lying ground on the River Brosna between Lough Owel and Lough Ennell. In many medieval documents the name is prefixed by Ad- or Ath-, indicating that the town stood on an important ford (WM019-089014-)'. The Irish Historic Towns Atlas of Mullingar places the fording point to the SE of the motte castle (WM019-089005-) in an area where the Bleach Yard road [Ballinderry Road] crosses the River Brosna. This fording point is shown on Richards map of Mullingar dating from 1691 (Andrews and Davies 1992, 2).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WM019-089014

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