Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - folly
Ballymorris, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballymorris
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14092, -7.18783
- SMR number
- LA005-010002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
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. The dating of the windmill is uncertain but may date from the first quarter of the 18th century.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.