Keywords: Extract from a Survey of the City, Harbour, Bay and Environs of Dublin on the same Scale as those of London, Paris & Rome by John Rocque.jpg IslandBridge The two principle subjects of this extract are An earthen-works star fort labelled The Fortification centre/top - This fortification was commissioned by then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Thomas Wharton 1648-1715 and designed by Thomas Burgh 1670 “1730 Construction started in 1710 but the fortification was never completed Note the incomplete section/gap on the north east corner The remaining earth-works were demolished in 1837 http //www heritagecouncil ie/fileadmin/user_upload/Events/Archaeology/ARCH_IN_PARK_LEAFLET pdf A brick and limestone bastion fort Labelled Powder Magazine centre-left/bottom - This fortification was commissioned by then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lionel Sackville 1688-1765 and designed by John Corneille Construction started in 1734/1735 The resulting Magazine Fort still stands in Dublin's Phoenix Park 1757 institution BNF John Rocque 1709-1762 other versions PD-Art PD-old-100 1762 United Kingdom Maps by John Rocque Maps of Dublin Magazine Fort Dublin Uploaded with UploadWizard Phoenix Park Old maps of Dublin |