Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Howth, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Howth
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38721, -6.06595
- SMR number
- DU015-094----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A site assessment directly west of 'Abbey Cottage' which is the western portion of the priests' house associated with St Mary's Abbey, Howth revealed the north-west angle of an earlier stone structure. This comprised two courses of quoin stones overlying a more crudely constructed foundation layer. The dressing on the stone indicated a 16th-century date. As this structure and the gable wall of Abbey Cottage observe the same line, it appears that this may have been the original gable of Abbey Cottage which was rebuilt c. 90m to the east, probably during the 19th century (Meenan 1995).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Meenan, R. 1995 Church St., Howth. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1994: summary accounts of archaeologiucal excavations in Ireland, 34. Bray. Wordwell.
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