Leixlip Castle — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Freestanding viewing platform, c.1780, comprising platform approached by flight of five stone steps having rubble stone retaining wall. Set back from road in grounds shared with Leixlip Castle.

This structure is an attractive and unusual rubble stone feature that forms a subtle component of the Leixlip Castle estate. The building is of some social and historical significance, attesting to the expansion of the estate in the late eighteenth century to accommodate use as a gentleman’s residence. The rubble stone construction is a feature shared in common with further buildings in the grounds and is representative of the traditional economic method of building at the time. The viewing platform is one of a group of recreational structures in the grounds that also includes a folly (11804055/KD-11-04-55).

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