Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mound
Tankardstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tankardstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.61595, -6.18345
- SMR number
- DU002-017----
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The martello tower (DU002-004----) is built on the site of a pre-existing mound shown on an early 19th century map by Duncan. This map was drawn for a proposed post road between Dublin and Derry and is held in the National Archive (pers. comm. Mr Colin Byrne, Briarleas, County Meath). There is also a refernece to the Martello tower being built on 'part of an old Danish fort' in a 1804 manuscript (Bolton, 2008).
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 27 October 2014
Nearby in the register
- Martello towerunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Brickworksunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.