Islay, Islay House, West Tower
Folly (18th Century), Tower (18th Century)
Site Name Islay, Islay House, West Tower
Classification Folly (18th Century), Tower (18th Century)
Canmore ID 143120
Site Number NR36SW 14.05
NGR NR 32183 62791
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/143120
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Killarow And Kilmeny
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
A Gothic folly. Small. Square. Rubble Crenellated parapet. Blind pointed arches on 2 sides; oculi above. Round-headed doorway on N. side. Slit-window (built-up) on S. Grass-grown floor. Traces of upper floor. (ref: Historic Scotland)
Field Visit (May 1976)
NR36SW 14.05 32183 62791
The shell of this two-storeyed Gothic folly (NR321 627) occupies the summit of a headland overlooking Traigh Cill an Rubha about 1.2km W of Islay House. It dates probably from the late 18th or early 19th century and appears prominently on a number of the Heath watercolours of about 1830. It stands to a height of 5.2m and measures 4.2m from N to S by 3.4m transversely over rubble-built walls 0.7m in thickness. The walls have blind arch-pointed openings with oculi above and a blind cross-slit in the S wall, and rise to a crenellated parapet. The doorway is in the N wall.
Visited May 1976
RCAHMS 1984
