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Castle - unclassified

Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Castle - unclassified, Dalkey, 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
Dalkey
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.27806, -6.10546
SMR number
DU023-023011-

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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

Situated on the W side of White's Villas. Noted as the site of a castle. Known as 'Black Castle' the castle was situated on the site later occupied by the Queens Hotel. It was in use as a billiard room in the late 18th-century (Ball 1906, 1, 77). It was demolished during the 1840's. No visible surface trace.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 22 May 2018

References

Ball, E.F. 1902-20 (Reprint 1979) A history of the County Dublin, 6 vols. Dublin. Gill and Macmillan.

Ball, E.F. 1902 Rathmichael and its neighbourhood. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 32, 113-27.

Nearby in the register

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

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