Castle, Rogerstown, Co. Westmeath

Castle, Rogerstown, Co. Westmeath

The castle ruins at Rogerstown sit in low-lying pasture land, offering decent views to the west, north and east, though the gently rising ground to the south overlooks the site.

Castle, Rogerstown, Co. Westmeath

What remains today is the footprint of a rectangular building measuring approximately 18 metres east to west and 9 metres north to south. The south wall stands as the most impressive survivor, reaching about 7 metres in height, whilst the eastern and southern walls persist as lower structures. The western wall has vanished entirely, its former position now marked only by scattered rubble fragments, and both the northeastern and southeastern corners have been levelled over time.

The interior reveals a substantial wall running north to south, positioned roughly 4 metres from the eastern wall, which likely divided the castle into two main chambers. On the eastern side of this internal wall, you can still trace where a vaulted roof once sprang from the second storey, though no such vaulting evidence exists on the western side. The construction appears to have been fairly basic; there are no visible quoin stones or dressed stonework of any kind. Substantial mounds of rubble and loose stones surround the structure on all sides, testament to centuries of decay.



About 7 metres west of the castle ruins, a line of rubble running north to south likely marks the remains of a bawn wall rather than the original western wall of the castle itself. Near the northern end of this rubble line, approximately 20 metres from the main structure, sits an old well shaft, now almost completely filled with stones. Several vernacular stone buildings, probably later farm structures, stand about 90 metres to the southwest, suggesting the site continued to see use long after the castle fell into ruin.

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Rogerstown, Co. Westmeath
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