County: Dublin Site name: Rush Tower House, Rush Demesne, Kenure
Sites and Monuments Record No.: DU008-003 Licence number: 22E0494
Author: James Kyle
Site type: Medieval tower house
Period/Dating: Medieval (AD 400-AD 1600)
ITM: E 726323m, N 756025m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.538958, -6.094178
The archaeological monitoring of remedial conservation and repair works was carried out between August 2022 and February 2023 at Rush Tower House (RMP DU008-003), a protected structure (RPS No. 254), located in Rush Demesne, Kenure, County Dublin. The initial element of these works was carried out by James Oliver Hearty & Sons on behalf of Fingal County Council, with thanks to a grant of funding under the Community Monuments Fund 2022, whilst the later element, in 2023 were undertaken directly by Fingal County Council.
The works undertaken at Rush Tower House have served to arrest the decline of a much-abused monument in addition to its rehabilitation back into the consciousness of the greater local community. It is hoped that the removal of the defunct fence, in combination with a sympathetic lighting of the monument will prevent its further misuse and damage by the antisocial element which had seen the monument defaced with paint and damaged.
Archaeology and Built Heritage Ltd.
