Howth Martello Tower
Also known as Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio
Abbey Street, Howth
Opening times and tickets are on its own website.
Howth Martello Tower, 1890–1900 and today
Drag across to compare. The two views aren’t taken from exactly the same spot.
1890–1900: Public domain. Today: Photo: Gareth James · CC BY-SA 2.0.
About Howth Martello Tower
Howth Martello Tower is one of 15 buildings in Howth the National Inventory rates National. Howth Martello Tower dates from 1800–1810. 19 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 11359033↗National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.
2 old views of Howth Martello Tower
Made before 1950, from 1895 to 1905: public domain, or from the National Library of Ireland with no known copyright restrictions. Tap one to see it full screen.
c. 1905From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; each credit is in the viewer.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Howth · about 500 m on foot, as the crow flies
2 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Nationally rated buildings around Howth
Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. The nearest is Saint Doolagh's Well in Kinsaley, 8.2 km away. At the edge of the list, 14 km away: King's Inns, Phibsborough.
Questions about Howth Martello Tower
Is Howth Martello Tower on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated National (record 11359033).
Can you visit Howth Martello Tower?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Howth Martello Tower built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1810.
Is Howth Martello Tower protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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