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ago this tower was in much better preservation and was surrounded by the old walls of other buildings from which it has been suggested that this was the site of the original Grange of the Harolds. The existing portion however is of very light construction and quite unsuitable for a building of that period and location, whether intended for domestic or ecclesiastical use. It was probably built in the eighteenth century for the better enjoyment of the view over
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Beside the Little Dargle is the remains of a tall narrow tower of which only one wall is now standing. This building was about nine feet square and the remaining wall with its battlements is about twenty five feet high. One jamb of a doorway with a pointed arch remains. A little over a hundred years
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The house was built in the 18th century by the Southwell family and in 1787 was the residence of Irish politician and soldier
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currently owns the house. Clayton built a small watchtower beside the 20-bed mansion, apparently based on the Cruagh Tower.
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Throughout the following century it was occupied by the Ponsonbys, down to 1896 and later by Professor
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beyond which it terminates at a group of farmhouses where there was formerly an old passage leading to
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Within the grounds, in a field visible from the road, is an ancient monument known as the
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Grange Road continues for nearly a mile to skirt the boundary wall of
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passes the entrance to Danesmoate where there is the valley of the
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