Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Ballyowen, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyowen
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.34762, -6.42262
- SMR number
- DU017-030002-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Excavations in 1995, prior to development identified a clay-bonded wall lying to the N of Ballyowen castle associated with medieval pottery, interpreted as a stone-building of 15th-century date (Simpson 1996, 28).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Simpson, L. 1996a 17-21 Parliament St, Dublin. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 21. Bray. Wordwell.
Simpson, L. 1996b Ballyowen castle, Ballyowen, Lucan. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 28. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- House - fortified houseunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.