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Mount Falcon

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Mount Falcon
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Mount Falcon in Drumrevagh hides a water tank inside a pretend castle tower, complete with battlements. “We’ll hold out till dawn, ” declares the fortress, before being gravely weakened by someone having a bath.

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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.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31303910

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mike-kinsella, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Milesoneill, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Kay Atherton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Ray Martin, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Pamela Norrington, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Liz McCabe, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Liz McCabe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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