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Mount Falcon

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Freestanding single-bay single-stage water tower, extant 1896, on a square plan. Tank not visible behind parapet. Part repointed rubble limestone walls on battered base with Irish battlemented parapet having lichen-covered dragged cut-limestone coping. Square-headed door opening with hammered limestone block-and-start surround framing replacement timber boarded or tongue-and-groove timber panelled door. Set in relandscaped grounds shared with Mount Falcon.
A folly-like ""faux"" Irish tower house water tower contributing positively to the group and setting values of the Mount Falcon estate.

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