Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Armorial plaque
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.37443, -6.16496
- SMR number
- DU019-001002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
An armorial plaque was originally set into an external wall of Watermill cottage. It is lodged in Howth Castle (DU015-027003-; see Joyce 1988, 2nd ed.253-4). It shows the arms of the St. Lawrence family, Howth, 20th Baron of Howth and wife Elizabeth (Plunket), the initials c. E. and a date 1572 (Bowen 1963, 75-76).
References
Bowen, B. 1963 South-east Fingal. Dublin Historical Record 18, 66-79.
Nearby in the register
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- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.