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Castle in Dundrum

Castle, Anglo-Norman masonry castle

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Situated on top of an E facing ridge overlooking the river Slang. Dundrum Castle is a late 16th-17th century tower house (DU022-023001-) which incorporates part of a 12th-14th-century castle exposed during excavations in 1988-91 (O'Brien 1987, 14; O' Brien 1989, 136-137). Built by Sir John de Clahull c. 1187, the…

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Situated on top of an E facing ridge overlooking the river Slang. Dundrum Castle is a late 16th-17th century tower house (DU022-023001-) which incorporates part of a 12th-14th-century castle exposed during excavations in 1988-91 (O'Brien 1987, 14; O' Brien 1989, 136-137). Built by Sir John de Clahull c. 1187, the earliest feature exposed is a section of fosse (Wth 7m, D 1.40m) that enclosed the top of the ridge. Finds included Leinster cooking ware, a buckle and a socketed arrowhead. Associated with this moat was a triple-slotted drawbridge with an entrance to a gatehouse extending from the drawbridge to part of the outer wall of the early castle (Wth 2m). Part of a stone-lined watercourse runs under the base of the wall and the shaft of a garderobe was revealed within the wall. (Newman Johnson 2014) Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 16 April 2015

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU022-023002

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  • The Gentleman's Magazine (1789); artist unrecorded, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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