Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Quay
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34602, -6.26307
- SMR number
- DU018-020427-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 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 1662-3 William Hawkins built a river wall on or close to the line of the present quay wall. Subsequently, in c. 1680 Major Henry Aston developed this river frontage. It was known as Aston's Quay in 1708 (De Courcy 1996, 12-3).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.