Martello tower

The National Monuments Service's description

Loughlinstown Martello Tower and Battery No. 6 (Kerrigan 1995, 174). According to Kerrigan (1995, 168) construction of the Dublin area Martello Towers and their batteries commenced in 1804 under the supervision of Colonel Benjamin Fisher of the Royal Engineers and by December 1805 all towers were armed and complete. Kerrigan (ibid., 174) recorded that; ‘The towers and batteries south of Dublin are numbered from 1 to 16, but there were only fourteen towers, as at two locations there were batteries only, while several of the towers were close to adjacent batteries’. The Martello tower [aka Enoch Tower] dates to post-1700 AD and it is located in a coastal location, close to a beach. The property is called Granagh. The tower is built of granite with a doorway in the W and a marked string course. It is accessible from beach and it has a two storey addition with a turret. There is another Martello tower in view to the NE on Dalkey Island.

See attached plan of Loughlinstown Martello Tower and Battery No. 6 courtesy of the Irish Military Archives - Archival Reference Code: IE/MA/MPD/AD119455-002

See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the location of the Martello Tower.

Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 23 January 2023

References

Kerrigan P.M. 1995 Castles and fortifications in Ireland 1485-1945. Cork. The Collins Press.