Browse Items (581 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Browse Map Previous Page Page of 59 Next Page Sort by: Title Creator Date Added Tower House Chapel. View from above. Windows face south and east. Tower House Bedroom. View of fireplace, window and ceiling. Wood paneling added decoration and helped to keep rooms warm. Tower House Bedroom. View from the south. In the foreground are Edmund and Elizabeth's curtained bed and wardrobe. Tower House Bedroom. View from north. Windows are more secure and hence larger on this floor than on lower levels of the tower house: the higher the floor, the more difficult they are to access. Larger windows also let in more light. The two doors on the left (east) wall lead to the stairs (up and down). Spenser's study can be seen through the door facing the viewer. Tower House Bedroom. View from above with roof removed. The Study is in the south-east corner of the building. Note Irish-style crenellations around the ramparts. Tower House Bedroom. View from above with roof removed. The Study can be seen in the lower right (in the south-east corner of the building). Tower House Bedroom Ceiling. View from below with floor removed. The rafters are modeled on those still extant in the tower house at Dunsoghly Castle, Co. Dublin, as well as the reconstructed roof at Barryscourt Castle, Co. Cork. Tower House Bedroom 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 Basement. View from above. Bedrock can be seen protruding from the floor. A sword and mantle rest by the entryway on the right. Previous Page Page of 59 Next Page Output Formats atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2
