What is recorded here

You must imagine that one tower contained a winding stair and the other resisted every attempt to force its way in. The castle stood on a gravel hillock beside Tymon Lane, belonging to the prebend of St Patrick's Cathedral until demolition in 1960. Its unusual entrance occupied the south-west stair tower, while machicolation looked down on whoever came asking.

Demolished in 1960. It was formerly situated on a prominent gravel hillock off Tymon Lane. This was a small, square 15th-century tower house attached to the prebend of St Patrick's Cathedral. It is well illustrated in a drawing by Beranger dated 1763 (Harbison 1998, 44-45). It had two diagonally opposed corner towers, one containing a stair tower. The entrance was placed unusually in the SW stair tower and defended by machicolation. It rose to three storeys with a vaulted basement and battlements (Johnson 1988, 557-72). Compiled by Geraldine Stout

Tymon Castle, Tymon North was a 15th-century tower house associated with the prebend of St Patrick's Cathedral, likely held by ecclesiastical or local gentry. It is remembered for its historical and architectural significance as a well-documented example of a medieval tower house in the Dublin area before its demolition in 1960.

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