2021:183 - FORE: The Old Gaol, Westmeath
County: Westmeath
Site name: FORE: The Old Gaol
Sites and Monuments Record No.: WM004-035005-
Licence number: 21E0629
Author: Rory Sherlock
Author/Organisation Address: Oughterard, Co Galway
Site type: Castle - tower-house and Prison
Period/Dating: Multi-period
ITM: E 651120m, N 770328m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.680179, -7.226215
A stone building in the village of Fore, which is classified as a ‘prison’ but which resembles a small tower-house, underwent a programme of conservation in Autumn 2021. Monitoring of the groundworks associated with the conservation programme uncovered no finds or features of archaeological interest.