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Why this matters

A local castle; wider significance not recorded.

Overview

Indicated — Baskin High is recorded as Castle — unclassified in Westmeath. The precise location of a medieval castle standing on the lands of Morris Dillon depicted on the Down Survey map of Drumraney parish (NLI, MS 723-4) has not been identified. On this map a tower house type structure is depicted standing in the townland of High Baskin close to the townland boundary of Baskin Low (ibid.).

Who built and held it

The saved account records: The ASI suggested that this castle may have been located on the site of an 18th/19th century house, but there was no physical evidence at this house to suggest that there was a medieval castle at this location.

Attack, change and use

The saved account records: The precise location of a medieval castle standing on the lands of Morris Dillon depicted on the Down Survey map of Drumraney parish (NLI, MS 723-4) has not been identified.

What survives

The saved account records: On this map a tower house type structure is depicted standing in the townland of High Baskin close to the townland boundary of Baskin Low (ibid.).

Why it mattered

Indicated — Baskin High matters because the source connects human lives or community memory to this exact place. The source records: The ASI suggested that this castle may have been located on the site of an 18th/19th century house, but there was no physical evidence at this house to suggest that there was a medieval castle at this location. The place therefore holds a human story, not just a building or map point.

History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.

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