Market-house

The National Monuments Service's description

According to Gosling (1982, 162, No. 24; 1991, fig. 20, No. 5) this is the site of a structure known as the tholsel, one of a number of buildings known to have stood in the medieval town of Dundalk. It may have been one of the '18 or 20 ruinous remains of small castles or defensive towers' said to have been removed at Lord Limerick's insistence c. 1747. (CLAJ 1963, 287-8; Bradley and King 1985, 127)

The above description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of revision: 22 April 2016

References

Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1985 Urban archaeological survey - county Louth. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

Gosling, P. 1982 Dundalk: a survey and report on the archaeology of the town and district. Dundalk. (Limited distribution.)

Gosling, P. 1991 From Dún Delca to Dundalk: the topography and archaeoloigy of a medieval frontier town. A.D. c. 1187-1700. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, vol. 22, No. 3, 223-353.