Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - motte
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34275, -6.26815
- SMR number
- DU018-020710-
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
Dublin castle incorporates part of an earlier masonry tower, According to documentary sources, a mandate issued by King John in 2004, requiring first the building of a tower, to which a castle and bailey could be added (Gilbert 1870, 61; Sweetman 1875,i,25). There is a reference to a castle gate in c. 1173 and a portion of a possible enclosing or enceinte wall of late 12th century date was uncovered in excavations (Lynch and Manning 2001, 183, 186). A bridge and fosse is mentioned in 1194 (Clarke 2002, 22).
References
Lynch, A. and Manning, C. 2001 Excavations at Dublin Castle, 1985-7. In S. Duffy (ed.), Medieval Dublin II, 169-204. Dublin. Four Courts Press.
Gilbert, J.T. (ed.) 1870 Historic and municipal documents of Ireland A.D. 1172-1320. London. Longmans, Green.
Clarke, H.B. (ed.) 2002 Dublin, Part 1, to 1610. Irish Historic Towns Atlas, No. 11. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy.
Sweetman, H.S. (ed.) 1875 Calendar of documents, relating to Ireland. Vol.i, 1171-1251. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
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- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.