Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Newtown, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newtown, Blackrock
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Castle Byrn
- Latest-edition OS map
- Seapoint Manor
- Coordinates
- 53.29880, -6.17005
- SMR number
- DU023-008----
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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
Situated on flat terrain adjacent to Merrion Strand currently occupied by Seapoint Manor. The present residence is shown as 'Castle Byrn' on the 1843 OS 6-inch map (Stokes 1895, 8). A castle described in the Civil survey (1654-6) as a slated castle located at Newtown. It was held by Walter Cheevers in the Civil survey (1654-6) (Simington 1945, 267).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 22 May 2018
References
Stokes, Rev. G.T. 1895 The antiquities from Kingstown to Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 25, 5-15.
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1940 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. V: county of Meath. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Martello towerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.