What is recorded here

Site of Abbey is a religious house (unclassified) in Skeagh More, County Westmeath, Ireland. The levelled monument was situated in a modern farmyard, 34 metres northeast of Oldtown House, while a church site lay about 86 metres to the west-northwest. The 1978 inventory described the area as having no visible surface remains, occupied by modern farm sheds, and noted that no medieval wall or any fabric of medieval date could be identified in the range of upstanding buildings.

Situated in a modern farmyard, 34m NE of Oldtown House. Church site (WM017-053----) c. 86m to WNW. Levelled monument not visible on Digital Globe aerial photography. Annotated ‘Site of Abbey’ on the 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map in the farmyard of Oldtown House which was enclosed by a range of agricultural outbuildings. On the revised 1913 ed. OS 25-inch map, although annotated ‘Abbey (site of)’, the farm buildings at this location are no longer shown. Levelled abbey described in 1978 as having no visible surface remains in an area that was occupied by modern farm sheds. No medieval wall or any fabric of medieval date could be identified in the range of upstanding buildings. Compiled by: Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 10 December 2018

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