What is recorded here
Located at the junction of Gort Na Mona Drive and Cornelscourt Hill Road. A tower house described in 1654 as a 'thatched castle' associated with the Cheever family (D'Alton 1976, 2nd ed.420). Austin Cooper in 1781 observed a fragment of the old castle, which comprised the lower arch over ground floor and part of the first floor (Price 1942, 68). Cornelscourt Shopping Centre and Car Park occupies the site.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU023-028
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Saint Brigid's National SchoolsSchool · 261 yd
milestone/milepost288 yd
Proclamation of the Irish RepublicMemorial · 1105 ydCabinteely Park OrchardVisitor information · 1139 yd
Foxrock Village Heritage MapVisitor information · 1261 ydSamuel BeckettMemorial · 1270 ydCastleCastle, unclassified · 1278 ydBrian NolanHeritage attraction · 1520 ydThomas Joseph Smith (Sudocrem)Heritage attraction · 1668 yd
Grange ChurchEcclesiastical site · 1703 yd
Glendruid DolmenArchaeological place · 1.0 miBawn in Carrickmines GreatBawn · 1.0 miPictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Patrick Keegan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0; Sarah777, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kania1966, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
More castles and forts in County Dublin · All of County Dublin
What do you know about this place?