Overview
Tower — Derk is recorded as Designed landscape — folly in Limerick. 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.
Why it was made
The saved account records: Multiple window openings would suggest that this tower was built as a folly on the demesne lands of Derk House.
People and events
The saved account records: 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.
How it worked
The saved account records: Tree-ring (LI024-074----) lies 100m to NNE.
What remains
The saved account records: The interior is hollow, however it has a fireplace opening and a flue in the rear wall, opposite the ground floor entrance.
Why it mattered
Tower — Derk matters because the source ties designed landscape — folly to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: Annotated 'Tower' and depicted on the 1897 ed.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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