What is recorded here
Castleboy is what happens when a tower refuses to accept that the party is over: the house is gone, the estate has a public road through it, and it’s still standing there in its best stonework as though every passing tractor has come to collect it.
Freestanding circular-plan five-stage tower, built c.1800. Formerly part of Castleboy country house, now mostly demolished. Snecked squared rubble limestone walls. Pointed arch door opening to north face having tooled surround. Alternating pointed and round-headed window openings to walls, with tooled surrounds and sills. Square-headed openings to north-east face, having relieving arches. Round-headed blind openings, between window openings, to top stage, having tooled sills. Some slit openings also to tower. Tower stands at side of Land Commission road now serving as public road through former demesne.
This impressive eye-catcher was formerly part of Castleboy house demesne, demolished when the Land Commission broke up the Persse estate and ran a public road through it to facilitate new farms and housing. The tower makes a strong impression in the landscape and its façade is enlivened by tooled stone detailing.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 30411405
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