Howth Urban Centre Strategy Fingal County Council

2.0 Howth in Context
2.4.5 Legibility
Landmark features allow visitors and residents to orientate themselves,
creati ng a legible and easily navigable environment. This can include
focal buildings, inti mate spaces, street trees etc. Within the proposed
framework for Howth developing landmark features are criti cal to
maintain a sense of legibility and an understanding of the place.
Existi ng aids to legibility within Howth include the Martello Tower,
Church of the Assumpti on, the harbour, St Mary’s Abbey and the DART
Stati on which greatly enhances the villages legibility. View corridors as
discussed previously further enhances orientati on.
Howth Village is also surrounded by barriers to legibility. The train line
creates an edge to the north along the Howth Road which restricts
access and views to the seafront. Also steep topography surrounding
the Martello Tower creates a barrier from the village core to Balscadden
Bay.
Legibility
Focal Buildings
Barriers to Legibility
Positive Contribution to Legibility
Includes Ordnance Survey Ireland data reproduced under OSI Licence No. 2003/07/CCMA/Fingal County Council. © Ordnance Survey Ireland, 2006.
Map 2.8 Legibility in Howth
St Mar Mary’s
Church of Ireland Irel eland
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Howth Castle
DART T Stati Sta Stati
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Stati on
St. Mary’s
Abbey bbey bey
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Martello M Tower
250m
BALSCADDEN BAY
Church of the Assumpti on
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