Survey Data
Reg No
50910283
Rating
National
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Historical
Original Use
Town/city walls
In Use As
Town/city walls
Date
1225 - 1275
Coordinates
315353, 233838
Date Recorded
28/08/2015
Date Updated
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Description
Squared-and-snecked rubble limestone section of southern perimeter of City Wall, built c. 1250, with battered base, having octagonal-plan bastion to west end with batter, Ship Street Gate to Dublin Castle to east, and two-storey flat-roof commercial building to north. Somewhat overgrown to west of bastion.
Appraisal
This stretch of walling, to the west of Dublin Castle, is a relatively long, surviving stretch of the medieval City Wall. It forms the southern boundary of properties between the Dublin Castle complex and St. Werburgh Street. As a surviving portion of the city wall it is of considerable historical, archaeological and civic importance.