What is recorded here
Situated in flat terrain E of the river Dodder. Two drawings by Beranger in 1766 show a towerhouse and adjoining farm buildings (Harbison 1998, 64-7). A gate tower (DU018-063002) is the only surviving remnant of the castle complex. (Grose 1791, I, 21 Plate 21; Ball 1900, 308, 316, 317; Ball 1903, 29-32; Ball 1907, 18) Simmonscourt Castle was replaced by a Victorian residence in the beginning of the 18th-century.
A local castle; wider significance not recorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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