Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Shanganagh, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanganagh
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Shanganagh Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shanganagh Castle in Ruins
- Coordinates
- 53.24121, -6.12387
- SMR number
- DU026-031001-
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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
The fragmentary remains of this tower house are located in private grounds at Beechlands. It is situated in a prominent position above Bride's Glen. It was built in 1408 by a member of the Lawless family and it was destroyed by fire in 1763 (Turner 1983, 85-6). The ivy covered W wall and NW corner are all that survive. The later rises to three storeys. There is a chimney stack present. The tower house is built of roughly coursed granite masonry. There is a high base batter on the section of N wall. The ground floor is vaulted on an N-S axis. There are two deep recesses with wicker-centring in the ground floor W wall (int dims. L 8.4m; Wth 2.15; Wall T 0.9m), (Ball 1902, 117-18, 123, 125-6; Mc Dix 1897, 39, 6).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 14 April 2018.
References
Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.
McDix, E.R. 1897a Notes on some lesser castles in Co. Dublin. The Irish Builder, 39, 157-8.
McDix, E.R. 1897b The lesser castles of county Dublin. 5th article, Irish Builder 39, 12.
McDix, E.R. 1897c The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. 6th article: Grange. Irish Builder 39, 22.
McDix, E.R. 1897d The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. 7th article. Irish Builder 39, 36.
McDix, E.R. 1897g The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. 21st article: Deansrath Castle. Irish Builder 39, 178.
McDix, E.R. 1897f The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. 9th article: Drimnagh. Irish Builder 39, 49-50.
McDix, E.R. 1897e The lesser castles in the Co. Dublin. Irish Builder 39, 129, Roebuck castle.
Ball, E.F. 1902 Rathmichael and its neighbourhood. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 32, 113-27.
Nearby in the register
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - portal tombunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.