Survey Data
Reg No
22402803
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Folly
In Use As
Folly
Date
1840 - 1880
Coordinates
205603, 173534
Date Recorded
04/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding three-stage round-plan castellated tower, built c.1860. Parapet with machicolations. Dressed limestone water spouts. Roughly-coursed snecked rubble limestone walls. Square-headed window openings with dressed limestone surrounds. Tower surrounded by metal palisade fence.
Appraisal
Built as a folly for Barnane House, and known as Rock Tower, this picturesque tower forms part of an interesting group of former demesne-related structures, with the ornamental walled garden, gate lodges and ruins of the main house.