Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Blockhouse
Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Waterford City
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26050, -7.10519
- SMR number
- WA009-005049-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A blockhouse for artillery was built on the waterfront in front of Reginald's Tower (WA009-005001-) sometime after 1560. It was a low, stone-faced oval platform with embrasures for eight guns according to 17th-century maps. It was described as being 'the lower platform supplied with seven or eight great guns, well mounted' by Mr. Dean Stanhope in the 1680s (Walton 1987, 32). The blockhouse was dismantled in 1710 (Smith 1746, 172). (Kerrigan 1985, 15)
Kerrigan, P. M. (1985) The fortification of Waterford, Passage and Duncannon 1495 to 1690. Decies, No. 29, 13-23.
Smith, C. (1746) The history of the town and county of Waterford. W. Wilson. Dublin.
Walton, J. (1987) Two descriptions of County Waterford in the 1680s. Decies, No. 35, 25-33.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 19 July 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.