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Castle - tower house

Townparks (upper Dundalk By.), County Louth, Ireland

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Townland
Townparks (upper Dundalk By.)
County
Louth
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.00776, -6.40187
SMR number
LH007-119016-

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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Approximate location of what is referred to as 'Howth's Castle'. It is shown on the perspective map of Dundalk Town by Henry Duke, June 1594. 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. (O'Sullivan 1963, 288; Gosling 1982, 177, No. 217; 1991, fig. 20, No. 8)

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 upload: 17 July 2007

References

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.

O'Sullivan, H. 1963 Rothe's Castle, Dundalk, and Hugh O'Neill: a Sixteenth Century map. County Lough Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, 15, 3, 281-91.

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

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