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Building

Ballyowen, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Building, Ballyowen, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ballyowen
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.34762, -6.42262
SMR number
DU017-030003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Remains of a large stone building were also revealed to the E of the castle. This was rectangular in plan with a chimney in the E wall and pre-dated the castle (Simpson 1996, 28).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Simpson, L. 1996b Ballyowen castle, Ballyowen, Lucan. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 28. Bray. Wordwell.

Simpson, L. 1996a 17-21 Parliament St, Dublin. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1995: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 21. Bray. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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