Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Dawsonsdemesne, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dawsonsdemesne
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.85564, -6.52489
- SMR number
- LH017-012002-
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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
Situated on top of the motte (LH017-012001-). Wright (1748, bk. 1, pl. XVIII) illustrates a double-walled octagonal structure on the summit of the motte, which even then must have been reduced to the foundations as it is not shown in his oblique view. It was thought locally to have been erected c. 1820 by a Dr. Blackhall although it is older, and it was removed subsequently by a parish priest (Barry 1904). This structure, of which there was no trace until recently, may have been a post-medieval fortification but the base of the wall has been become exposed through erosion at S (pers com. Ian Elliott, c. 2012).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 June 2012
Amended: 5 September 2022; 17 February 2023
References
Barry, T. 1904 Castle Guard, Ardee. County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, vol. 1, 1. 43-5.
Wright, T. 1748 Louthiana: or an introduction to the antiquities of Ireland. London. Thomas Payne.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.