Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- The Orchards
- Coordinates
- 53.31222, -6.25914
- SMR number
- DU022-087----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The house known as 'The Orchards' off Palmerston Park occupies the site of a 17th century mansion built by Sir George Radcliffe called 'Rathmines Castle' (Ball 1903, 101; Kelly 1995, 32-39). It was involved in the Battle of Rathmines (1649). The Down Survey (1655-6) map shows the building as a multi-gabled house.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.