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The Round Tower — Mullaghmore

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The Round Tower — Mullaghmore
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Detached single- and two-storey stone former look-out tower, built c. 1870, now in use as house. Square plan two-storey south wing with three-stage round tower to north-east corner, single-storey flat-roofed crenellated central section, pitched roof two-bay two-storey north wing c. 1950 with single-storey lean-to porch abutting central section. Pitched slate roof to south wing set behind parapet wall, clay ridge tiles, crow-stepped gables, rubble limestone conical roof to tower, projecting string courses. Pitched artificial slate roofs to north wing, concrete ridge tiles, uPVC gutters. Uncoursed rubble limestone walling to south wing, projecting slightly at parapet, roughly-dressed sill string course, battered base. Coursed rubble limestone walling to central section, slightly-projecting crenellated parapet. Unpainted roughcast walling to north wing, smooth-rendered recessed plinth. Square-headed window openings, dressed limestone lintels to south wing and central section, concrete sills to north wing, hardwood casement windows c. 1990. Square-headed door opening at entrance porch, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Set in grounds on elevated site above Mullaghmore, dry stone boundary walls, circular rubble stone gate piers with conical caps, painted timber vertically-slatted gates.

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