Bray Martello Tower
Strand Road, Bray
About Bray Martello Tower
Bray Martello Tower is one of 318 buildings in Bray the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Bray Martello Tower to 1800–1805. 75 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A good example of a Martello tower which has found a new use. Originally Bray had two such towers but that to the east of Strand Road was demolished in 1884.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 16301084 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 16301084↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Bray · about 600 m on foot, as the crow flies
16 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Buildings on the record near Bray
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Start with Kilmashogue Megalithic Tomb in Ballinteer, 13 km away. At the edge of the list, 18 km away: “Building misc, Clontarf Promenade, Clontarf Road, Dublin 3”, Clontarf East.
Questions about Bray Martello Tower
Is Bray Martello Tower on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 16301084).
Can you visit Bray Martello Tower?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Bray Martello Tower built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1800–1805.
Is Bray 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. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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