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.