Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
Detached single-bay single-storey folly/structure (on square-plan), built c. 1800, now in ruins and out of use. Originally associated with Coolbeg House (now ruinous). Raised castellated parapet to east and south elevations; formerly with pitched roof, now collapsed. Constructed of roughly coursed rubble stone masonry with roughly squared quoins to the corners, cut stone stringcourse to the north and south elevations at eaves level and with cut stone stringcourse to base of crenellations to the east and west elevations. Single pointed-arched window opening to the centre of each elevation having roughly dressed surrounds and voussoirs; fittings now gone. Located on an elevated site on a prominent hill to the north-west of Ballyshannon with panoramic views over Donegal Bay to the north and the west. Remains of Coolbeg House to site, remains of walled garden to the west.
This official record and map point do not grant access. Most recorded buildings are privately owned; view them only from public ground unless the owner allows entry.