Folly Tower at Tynte Lodge in Tullaghan, on the County Leitrim coast, Ireland

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Tynte Lodge in Tullaghan, a small village on the northern edge of Ireland's County Leitrim's diminutive 4 kilometre coastline. Set into walls surrounding a neglected walled garden overlooking Donegal Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, one of two weather-worn and decaying folly towers with gun loop windows functioned as ornamental features, rather than defensive ones given that they were built in a time of relative peace during the 18th century.

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Size: 5380px × 3636px
Location: Tullaghan, on the County Leitrim coast, Ireland
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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