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Sandymount Castle

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Sandymount Castle
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Freestanding round-plan three-stage castellated folly tower, built c. 1850, with remains of walls to north and south. Roughly-dressed rubble limestone walls with cut limestone corbelled parapet. Square-headed openings with cut limestone voussoirs.
This folly forms an interesting and imposing silhouette in the landscape. The ashlar masonry, especially those of the machicolations are clearly the work of skilled craftsmen. Built as a folly tower for Templemore Abbey.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22402912

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Ridiculopathy, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Rigger30, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Paddy Ryan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; PerseidsGirl, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Dylan Moore, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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