Browse Items (87 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Collection: Reconstructed Kilcolman Gallery Previous Page Page of 9 Next Page Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Tower House Basement. View from above. Bedrock can be seen protruding from the floor. A sword and mantle rest by the entryway on the right. Tower House Basement. View from north. The room would normally be cool and dark, and is used for storage of foodstuffs. A mantle hangs by the entryway, on the left. Next to the entryway is the doorway to the stairwell. Kilcolman's tower house is unusual in having no antechamber or vestibule at its entrance. Tower House Privy and Stairs. View from south, with walls removed but privy chute in place. Tower House Privy and Stairs. View from south-east with walls and privy chute removed. Tower House Privy. View from above. Note double seating and moss used for wiping. Tower House Privy. View from south Tower House Parlor. View from above. The table has been set for eating. When not in use, it and the chairs were likely lined up against the walls. Tower House Parlor. View from south. Hypothetical portraits of Edmund Spenser and his wife Elizabeth Boyle are on the facing wall. A harp rests at the ready. Tower House Parlor. View from north. The doorway to the downward stairwell can be seen on the left. The 'Raleigh window' can be seen facing center. The room would be used for dining and recreation. Pewter dishes are on the sideboard, wall-shelves and table. A harp can be seen facing on the right. The room has oak paneling for warmth. The floor is littered with straw. The stone-flagged floor rests on the storage-room vault below, and wooden rafters hold up the ceiling beneath the storage room, above. Tower House Storage Room and Armory. On view are swords, helmets, 'darts,' shields and armor, including quilted jacks, a.k.a. 'checklaton' in Spenser's writing. Previous Page Page of 9 Next Page Output Formats atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
