Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dundrum
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dundrum castle
- Coordinates
- 53.28777, -6.24508
- SMR number
- DU022-023001-
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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
Dundrum castle is situated S-SW of the village on an E-facing ridge which overlooks the Slang River. This late 16th to early 17th century tower house built by Sir Thomas Fitzgerald incorporates part of a 13th/14th century castle (DU022-023002-). It rises to three storeys with parapet level marked by a string course. Built largely of randomly coursed granite blocks with dressed limestone used in window and door jambs. Entered at the S end of the E wall through a later doorway with rough hammer-dressed jambs under a segmental arch. The door is rebated and bolt holes are visible.
Compiled by Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 25 April 2012
References
Newman Johnson, D. 2014 The fort on the ridge in the marches of the Pale: Dundrum Castle, Co. Dublin. In P. Ettel, A.-M. Flambard Héricher and K. O Conor (eds), Chateau Gaillard 26. Etudes de castellogogie medieval. Chateau et frontiere, 295-303.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.