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Castle Oliver

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Castle Oliver
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Castle Oliver in Castleoliver had a pretend ruined castle built where it could be admired from the reception rooms. A tremendous saving on ancestors: usually you need six generations of feuding and one spectacularly useless grandson to get a view like that.

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Freestanding folly, built c. 1790, comprising three-stage pair of sham ruinous circular towers with connecting curtain wall. Rubble limestone walls. Loop windows to towers with pointed arch opening to curtain wall. Lancet openings to towers.
This folly, known as "Oliver's Folly" and occupying an elevated site known as "Castle Hill", catches the eye from the principal reception rooms of Castle Oliver and from various pathways and points in the densely wooded estate. It adopts the guise of a ruined castle, its turrets dramatic in silhouette, and its central pointed opening was designed to frame panoramic vistas overlooking rolling grounds by those who made the ascent.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21905615

This does not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.

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Pictures: Mygodfrey at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Hywel Williams, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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