Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape feature
Ballymorris, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymorris
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- SMR number
- LA005-010001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Enclosure around 18th century folly known as the Spire which was built on top of an earlier Windmill, the spire was built in 1779 by William Henry Damer, Viscount Carlow to give employment during a hard winter. Shown as a large circular enclosure around the folly on first edition of the OS 6-inch map.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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