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Castle - tower house

Dundrum, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - tower house, Dundrum, 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

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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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

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

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

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