Bell tower, Waterloo
Also known as Waterloo Round Tower
About Bell tower, Waterloo
Bell tower, Waterloo is one of 18 buildings in Blarney the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Bell tower, Waterloo to 1840–1845. 6 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
A freestanding bell tower, a type which is relatively unusual in Ireland. Set on an elevated site, it is an eye-catching and curious feature of the area.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20906217 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 20906217↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 2 historic places in about 5 minutes
Waterloo, Blarney · about 100 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Bell tower, WaterlooStart here
- 2Putland's BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
3 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Like it: recorded buildings near Blarney
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Closest of all: President & Lord Mayor's Pavillion, Sunday's Well, 8.6 km away. Farthest out is Chetwynd Viaduct, Inishkenny, 11 km away.
Questions about Bell tower, Waterloo
Is Bell tower, Waterloo on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20906217).
Can you visit Bell tower, Waterloo?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Bell tower, Waterloo built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1840–1845.
Is Bell tower, Waterloo protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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