Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Designed landscape - belvedere
Drumminaweelaun, County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumminaweelaun
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Turret
- Latest-edition OS map
- Turret (in ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.79160, -9.56530
- SMR number
- MA087-019----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, situated on elevated ground. Indicated as ‘Turret’ on the 1838 and 1920 OS 6-inch maps, this is an early 19th-century folly or belvedere, designed as a location from which to enjoy views of the surrounding landscape. It is a squat structure of mortared stone, rectangular in plan (max dim. 6-7m). There are opposing openings in the walls, with flat heads of cutstone limestone voussoirs. The roof is missing, but the decorative battlemented parapet is intact. It appears to have been part of the landscaped grounds of a 19th-century dwelling, named Cherry Cottage on the OS 6-inch maps, which is located c. 100m to N. (see also NIAH, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/ reg. no. 31211003)
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 19 May 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.