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Tower in Belgrove

Designed landscape, belvedere

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Tall slim tower (H c. 12m; int. diam. 2.15m) in NE corner of walled garden of East Grove House. Embattled parapet wall supported on corbels. Slimmer tower on top (c. 2-3m H); embattled. Pointed door ope at ground floor on SE side; narrow pointed window opes. According to local information, used as lookout tower along river and for flag staff.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO076-109

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Picture notes
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mfield , Matthew Field, http://www.photography.mattfield.com, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
  • Hywel Williams, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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