Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Laughanstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laughanstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.24435, -6.15669
- SMR number
- DU026-093----
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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 truncated remains of a tower house are incorporated into a large dwelling house known as Lehaunstown Park (Swan 1998, 163-8). It is located on ground that slopes gently from W to E on the lower slopes of Ticknock Hill. This is the castle mentioned in the Civil Survey and associated with James Goodman who acted as Provost Marshall in the army of the Confederation (Simington 1945, 275). It forms the core of the house with thick walls, forming a small, rectangular building (L 9.5m, Wth 6.5m, Wall T 1.5m) with a base batter.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy.
Revised upload on: 21 April 2018.
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1945 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. VII: county of Dublin. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
Swan, L. 1998 Lehaunstown Park, Co. Dublin: a forgotten tower house. In C. Manning (ed.), Dublin and beyond the Pale, 163-76. Bray. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
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- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Habitation siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.