Overview
Castle — Ballyowen is recorded as House — fortified house in Dublin. Ballyowen Castle is a 16th/17th century fortified house (Gowen 1995, unpub. A drawing by Beranger (1766) shows a large rectangular building with a projecting corner turret (Harbison 1998, 56-7).
Who built and held it
The saved account records: Excavations in 1995, prior to development identified a clay-bonded wall lying to the N of the castle associated with medieval pottery, interpreted as a stone-building of 15th-century date.
Attack, change and use
The saved account records: Ballyowen Castle is a 16th/17th century fortified house (Gowen 1995, unpub.
What survives
The saved account records: There are four entrances into it, an external blocked doorwayin the E wall, an entrance at ground floor level in the S wall, a second entrance at first floor level in the S wall and a possible entrance at second floor level in the S wall.
Why it mattered
Castle — Ballyowen matters because the source ties house — fortified house to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: A drawing by Beranger (1766) shows a large rectangular building with a projecting corner turret (Harbison 1998, 56-7).
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