Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Lighthouse
Howth, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Howth
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- DU016-003004-
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The National Monuments Service's description
De Courcy describes a lighthouse on Howth Head in 1685 which had been built by Sir Robert Reading in 1665 (De Courcy 1996, 17-18). It is thought to have replaced a beacon. This was noted by Scalé and Richards in 1765. The base of this lighthouse is buried in a garden behind the old Bailey cottage (pers. comm. Paddy Healy).The exact location of this monument is unknown.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
De Courcy, J. 1996 The Liffey in Dublin. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.
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