Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Kilnamanagh, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnamanagh
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilnamanagh Castle
- Coordinates
- 53.30256, -6.35470
- SMR number
- DU022-005001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
When last inspected in 1975, the bottom two storeys of a tower house had been incorporated into a farm building. The main features identified were a newel stairs lit by a slit ope and base batter on the exterior. The original studded wooden doorway is housed in the National Museum, Dublin (Ua Broin 1944, 194-5; Ball 1905, III, 120-21; Handcock 1991, 66-7, 2nd ed). This area has since been developed leaving no visible surface remains.
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
References
Ball, E.F. 1902-20 (Reprint 1979) A history of the County Dublin, 6 vols. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.
Handcock, W.D. 1877 (1991 ed.) The history and antiquities of Tallaght in the county of Dublin. Dublin. Anna Livia Press.
Ua Broin, L. 1944 Clondalkin, Co. Dublin and it's neighbourhood. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 74, 191-218.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.