Survey Data
Reg No
31203014
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Building misc
Date
1840 - 1896
Coordinates
120690, 329934
Date Recorded
13/12/2010
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding single-bay two-stage tower, extant 1896, on a square plan. Now in ruins. Roof now missing. Coursed rubble limestone walls with cut- or hammered limestone flush quoins to corners supporting battlemented parapet having lichen-covered rock faced hammered limestone coping. Square-headed door opening (first stage) with rough hewn limestone lintel. Square-headed window openings (second stage) with rough hewn limestone lintels. Set on mudflat in Killala Bay.
Appraisal
A folly-like tower representing an integral component of the nineteenth-century built heritage of Killala. NOTE: A pathway marked on the second edition of the Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1896; published 1898) indicates a connection with the nearby The Lodge (see 31203015).