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Armorial plaque

County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Armorial plaque, 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

County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
53.37443, -6.16496
SMR number
DU019-001002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

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

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

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