Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Martello tower
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bray
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Martello Tower
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.20003, -6.09582
- SMR number
- WI004-003----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Martello Tower No. 1 (Kerrigan 1995, 170). Indicated on the OSi 1st edition map. Demolished (after 1870) during construction of Ballygannon Railway extension. No visible surface remains. (SMR file).
See attached Taylor's 1816 Map showing the location of 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: Claire Breen
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 23 January 2023
References
Kerrigan P.M. 1995 Castles and fortifications in Ireland 1485-1945. Cork. The Collins Press.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.