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Icehouse

St. Edmondsbury, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Icehouse, St. Edmondsbury, 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
St. Edmondsbury
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Icehouse
Coordinates
53.36396, -6.43852
SMR number
DU017-118----

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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

Annotated ‘Ice Ho.’ on the last edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map where it is shown standing in woodland, 40m east of the River Liffey.  Standing on the demesne lands of St. Edmondsbury House (NIAH Reg. No. 11202003 ) located 110m to the south-east. Depicted as a circular-shaped structure on the 1863 edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map. Not depicted on the 1837 edition of the Ordnance Survey six-inch map. Mature woodland visible in the area of the icehouse on the 2013-18 MapGenie orthoimage. 

 

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

 

Date of Compilation: 26 November 2025

Nearby in the register

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

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