What is recorded here
A 12th century castle was reputed to have been located on lands associated with Balgriffin Park. The Civil Survey (1654-6) mentions a stone house at Balgriffin (Simington 1945, 189). This was held by James Bath who owned vast estates in the Drumcondra area. There was a complex of farm buildings on a low-lying site known as Balgriffin Park which may be the site of this stone house. The site is now within open space of a housing development. A test excavation (Licence no. 00E0714) in advance of the Northern Fringe sewer immediately south of the site did not identify archaeological remains.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 28 January 2015
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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