Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - folly
Purcellsinch, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Purcellsinch
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Turret
- Latest-edition OS map
- Turret (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.64528, -7.21180
- SMR number
- KK019-035002-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a S-facing slope, c. 90m SW of the Kilkenny to Waterford railway line and c. 300m W of a tributary of the River Nore. Indicated as a 'Turret' within a tree-ring (KK019-035001-) on the 1st (1839-40) ed. OS 6-inch map and as a 'Turret (in Ruins)' on the 1945-6 revision. It was located c. 170m to the rear of the 18th-century Inch House and is described by Craig (1973, 106) as, 'a two-storey turret, with gothick features, possibly dating from the mid-18th century'. This turret would have been a folly on the Inch House demesne. Inch House is now demolished. Both the tree-ring and turret (KK019-035002-) were removed during the construction of Purcellsinch industrial estate and a large factory now occupies the site.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 6 October 2020
References
Craig, M. 1973 Buildings of architectural interest in Co. Kilkenny. An Foras Forbartha. Unpublished report. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Designed landscape - tree-ringunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.