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Enclosure around 18th century folly known as the Spire which was built on top of an earlier Windmill, the spire was built in 1779 by William Henry Damer, Viscount Carlow to give employment during a hard winter. Shown as a large circular enclosure around the folly on first edition of the OS 6-inch map.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA005-010001

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  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • GerryGunnigan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons
  • Phil Richards from London, UK, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Portarlington GAA Club; photographer not named, portarlingtongaa.ie
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.alamy.com
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