Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - tower house
Townparks (upper Dundalk By.), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (upper Dundalk By.)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.00630, -6.40275
- SMR number
- LH007-119022-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 'Old Gaol Castle'. (Gosling 1982 165, No. 65; 1991, fig. 20, 10; CLAJ 1915, 396)
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.
Gosling, P. 1982 Dundalk: a survey and report on the archaeology of the town and district. Dundalk. (Limited distribution.)
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