Sutton Martello Tower
About Sutton Martello Tower
The National Inventory rates Sutton Martello Tower National, one of 15 in Howth. Sutton Martello Tower dates from 1800–1810. One other place on the record stands within 400 m.
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 11366017↗National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.
Make it a walk: 4 historic places in about 15 minutes
Howth · about 800 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Sutton Martello TowerStart here
- 2
Sutton CastleRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on - 3SealawnRegional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
- 4CroxtethRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
Nationally rated buildings around Howth
There are 8 with photos within 40 km. Just 7.5 km away stands Saint Doolagh's Well, in Kinsaley. The farthest is Balcarrick Martello Tower in Portrane, 12 km away.
Questions about Sutton Martello Tower
Is Sutton Martello Tower on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated National (record 11366017).
Can you visit Sutton Martello Tower?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Sutton Martello Tower built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1810.
Is Sutton 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).
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