What is recorded here

Tower is a three-storey, circular-shaped, roofless folly built of rubble stone on the demesne lands of Derk House in County Limerick, Ireland. It stands in a small coppice of mature Beech trees, with excellent views from NNW-N-E-S and a fireplace opening opposite the ground floor entrance. The brick segmental arches around its door and windows suggest it was designed to be seen as much as used, perhaps a playful vantage point for Derk House residents to watch the land roll outward.

In a small coppice of mature Beech trees, on the demesne lands of Derk House which stands 275m to SW, with excellent views from NNW-N-E-S. Tree-ring (LI024-074----) lies 100m to NNE. Annotated 'Tower' and depicted on the 1897 ed. OS 25-inch map as a circular-shaped building. Surveyed by the ASI in 2008 and described as a three-storey, circular-shaped, roofless tower constructed of rubble stone. The ground floor has a base batter and the brick around the top may have formed crenellations. The ground floor door opening has a segmental arch of brick and this style is carried through to the window openings. The walls are rendered on the interior and on the exterior. The interior is hollow, however it has a fireplace opening and a flue in the rear wall, opposite the ground floor entrance. Multiple window openings would suggest that this tower was built as a folly on the demesne lands of Derk House. Monument is obscured by mature trees on Google Earth orthoimage taken 28/06/2018. See attached Google Earth orthoimage. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 19 July 2020

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