Survey Data

Reg No

31211003


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Architectural, Historical


Original Use

Folly


Date

1800 - 1838


Coordinates

96891, 283568


Date Recorded

07/08/2008


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding single-bay single-stage turret, extant 1838, on a square plan. In ruins, 1897. Roof now missing. Part creeper- or ivy-covered walls with battlemented parapet. Square-headed opposing openings with cut-limestone voussoirs. Interior in ruins. Set in unkempt grounds on an elevated site.

Appraisal

The shell of a watch house-like turret making a picturesque visual statement overlooking Westport Bay.