Martello tower

The National Monuments Service's description

Martello Tower and Battery No. 2 (Kerrigan 1995, 170). Martello Tower described by the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage [NIAH] as follows: 'Detached multiple-bay two-storey former Martello tower, built 1804-5, and now in use as a private residence. The building is constructed in coursed granite. The circular tower comprises of a high battered granite wall with small plain defensive openings. It is now surmounted by a glazed "drum" with a glazed conical roof. The tower overlooks the shoreline and site on a bailey-like artificial mound which is contained by a battered stone wall.' http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WI&regno=16301084# [Accessed 29 January 2013]

Martello Tower No. 2 described by Kerrigan (1995, 171) as; 'About half a mile to the north from the site of this tower [WI004-003----] is no. 2, which survives with the four-gun battery on the seaward side. Of the four guns in the battery mounted on their traversing platforms, three were arranged to fire northwards and eastwards
across Killiney Bay, while the fourth gun was sited to enable it to fire southwards along the beach towards tower no. 1 and to the east over the sea. Tower and battery no. 2 protected the estuary of the Dargle River-there was no harbour here in the early nineteenth century'.

See attached Taylor's Map showing the location of the Battery (WI004-002001-) and the Martello Tower.

Taylor, J. 1816 Taylor's map of the environs of Dublin: extending 10 to 14 miles from the castle, by actual survey, on a scale of 2 inches to one mile.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 23 January 2022

References

Kerrigan P.M. 1995 Castles and fortifications in Ireland 1485-1945. Cork. The Collins Press.