Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 18th century
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35011, -6.27479
- SMR number
- DU018-564----
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 LibrariesLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library
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
Oxmantown Watch House (North King Street)
Watch House depicted standing at the junction between Oxmantown (now North King Street) and Church Street. Annotated ‘Watch House’ on Rocque’s 1756 map of the Dublin City, where it is shown as a circular structure with rectangular block running off the western side standing at the eastern end of North King Street.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of Compilation: 13 November 2025
References
Rocque, J. 1756 An exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin in which is express'd the ground plot of all publick buildings, dwelling houses, ware houses, stables, courts yards &c / by John Rocque, chorographer to their Royal Highnesses, the late & present Prince of Wales, 1756 ; A. Dury Sculpt.
Nearby in the register
- House - 18th centuryunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Watercourseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.