Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
Howth, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Howth
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Martello Tower, on site of Mote
- Coordinates
- 53.38764, -6.06366
- SMR number
- DU016-002001-
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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
In 1775 Gabriel Beranger made a sketch showing a large flat- topped mound with an outer ring and a fosse (Harbison 1992, 24-5). Thought by Westropp (1922, 63-4) to be the mote-castle of Almoric, founder of the family line of Howth. All that remains is the flat natural spur on which a martello tower stands (DU016-020002-).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 29 January 2015
References
Harbison, P. 1992 Guide to the national and historic monuments of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan Ltd., Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Martello towerunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.