Photograph

Collection object


2013.0464
Frame H.5.0 W.5.0 Image H.2.5 W.2.5
View of Spillane's Tower (aka The Snuff Box) from aboard a vessel in the River Shannon.

Freestanding single-bay three-storey Gothic Revival tower, erected in 1870, and situated on the south bank of the River Shannon. Tower, 36 feet high, tapering to the top, with battlemented parapet, machicolations and a bartizan in north-west corner which housed the harbour light. Squared coursed cut limestone walls. Square-headed narrow window openings. (Ref: buildingsofireland.ie)