Survey Data

Reg No

15303011


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Social, Technical


Original Use

Unknown


Date

1750 - 1850


Coordinates

231792, 267453


Date Recorded

24/08/2004


Date Updated

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Description

Circular blacksmith's stone, c.1800. Located at edge of laneway to east of Main Street, Rathowen.

Appraisal

An interesting and an increasingly rare example of a blacksmith's stone (according to local sources), which would have been used to repair cart wheels up until the mid twentieth-century . This stone would have been part of a forge, which is no longer extant. The original forge was probably located adjacent to the main road in Rathowen, acting as a road-side trade. May have been a mill wheel originally.