Drimnagh Castle
Castle/fortified house in Dublin, Ireland, dating from 1350–1450
Rectangular-plan moat, built c.1400, repaired c.1990, forming protective defence around Drimnagh Castle grounds. Entrance bridge spanning moat, built c.1780, replacing earlier drawbridge structure. Castellated walls of the castle and yard, constructed from local calp limestone and featuring battered buttresses. Stone platform east of the undercroft allowing access to moat via stone steps. Early twentieth-century castellated walls, built c.1904, having openings with brick detailing and pediments, enclosing coach house to south. Steel bridge spanning moat leading to coach house from Drimnagh Castle school grounds. Fed by the Bluebell stream, enclosing castle, courtyard, gardens, stable buildings, work yard, and coach house. Draining into Lansdowne Valley via sluice gate.
- Type:
- Castle/fortified house
- Period:
- 1350–1450
- Where:
- Dublin, Ireland
- Coordinates:
- 53.32°N, 6.33°W
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