I’ve posted this on r/CasualUK this morning and it’s suggested that it could be in Ireland. All I know about it is that it appears to be an old postcard printed by a UK company but that it isn’t necessarily in the UK. Italy, France and Spain have been suggested too but thought I’d try my luck here.
Thank you for any suggestions beyond “It’s in a field”.
It doesn’t look Irish to me , but I stand to be corrected. Defo looks continental
Try r/castles
Yup looks like a tower to me
I think a safer question is to ask how it identifies itself. /s
Doesn’t look Irish, I’m by no means an expert but I have never seen a tower of that style here.
Going only on what I’ve seen it looks more Mediterranean but that could be complete and utter bullshit.
Do you have an image of the rest of the postcard? Might be some clues in the other pictures or writing.
Edit: The proportions of the tower, its overall condition, what appears to be a flagpole at the top, and its situation in the middle of an empty field with no sign of any surrounding bawn or other fortifications, all make me suspect it might be a folly of some sort, or possibly some other later construction such as a water tower (the design of it is actually very reminiscent of the [19th century water tower in Scariff, Co. Clare](http://irelandinruins.blogspot.com/2014/08/scariff-water-tower-co-clare.html), though it’s not an exact match).
It’s in suspiciously good repair and some of the details look a bit odd: arrow slits at ground level, battlements on the roof of the building on the roof and the lack of any other defensive or settlement works around the tower. I’d guess it is a folly or some more modern construction. Picturesque. Which is probably the purpose.
Please post back here if you find it.
This is Patrick
I’m pretty sure that’s Larry. Yeah, definitely Larry, I’d recognise him anywhere, top tower that lad!
I’d say that’s French tbh. Have u tried using Google lens?
However this one looks suspiciously artificial. Its lack of adjoining buildings or walls, its perfect maintenance without modification but mostly it’s too high. What is that, 10 stories. Highly unlikely to be real.
That does not look real to me at all.
If I had to guess, I would say it’s a photograph of a hand painted piece of art that was then used to produce this stamp.
I haven’t seen anything that style and so tall and narrow around Ireland. Not saying it isn’t Irish, but I’d be surprised if I hadn’t seen it before now.
The wide-open space with no hedges/walls is suspiciously un-Irish too.
The one over in yer mans field. You know the one, he drinks the Heineken in the local.
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Yeah anyone that knows it can identify it.
I’ve posted this on r/CasualUK this morning and it’s suggested that it could be in Ireland. All I know about it is that it appears to be an old postcard printed by a UK company but that it isn’t necessarily in the UK. Italy, France and Spain have been suggested too but thought I’d try my luck here.
Thank you for any suggestions beyond “It’s in a field”.
It doesn’t look Irish to me , but I stand to be corrected. Defo looks continental
Try r/castles
Yup looks like a tower to me
I think a safer question is to ask how it identifies itself. /s
Doesn’t look Irish, I’m by no means an expert but I have never seen a tower of that style here.
Going only on what I’ve seen it looks more Mediterranean but that could be complete and utter bullshit.
Do you have an image of the rest of the postcard? Might be some clues in the other pictures or writing.
Edit: The proportions of the tower, its overall condition, what appears to be a flagpole at the top, and its situation in the middle of an empty field with no sign of any surrounding bawn or other fortifications, all make me suspect it might be a folly of some sort, or possibly some other later construction such as a water tower (the design of it is actually very reminiscent of the [19th century water tower in Scariff, Co. Clare](http://irelandinruins.blogspot.com/2014/08/scariff-water-tower-co-clare.html), though it’s not an exact match).
It’s in suspiciously good repair and some of the details look a bit odd: arrow slits at ground level, battlements on the roof of the building on the roof and the lack of any other defensive or settlement works around the tower. I’d guess it is a folly or some more modern construction. Picturesque. Which is probably the purpose.
Please post back here if you find it.
This is Patrick
I’m pretty sure that’s Larry. Yeah, definitely Larry, I’d recognise him anywhere, top tower that lad!
I’d say that’s French tbh. Have u tried using Google lens?
Looks like a [Tower House](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_houses_in_Britain_and_Ireland) which while not unique to Ireland, there are indeed 1000s of them in various states here.
However this one looks suspiciously artificial. Its lack of adjoining buildings or walls, its perfect maintenance without modification but mostly it’s too high. What is that, 10 stories. Highly unlikely to be real.
That does not look real to me at all.
If I had to guess, I would say it’s a photograph of a hand painted piece of art that was then used to produce this stamp.
I haven’t seen anything that style and so tall and narrow around Ireland. Not saying it isn’t Irish, but I’d be surprised if I hadn’t seen it before now.
The wide-open space with no hedges/walls is suspiciously un-Irish too.
The one over in yer mans field. You know the one, he drinks the Heineken in the local.
It looks like / has the same building style as [Glenquin castle in Co. Limerick](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Glenquin+Castle/@52.3839379,-9.1089297,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x485b2d1aab0c2fc7:0xdf3dd876a383295e!8m2!3d52.3839379!4d-9.106741?hl=en)
It looks like a picture of Portugal my ex sister in law had
That is the holy stone of Clonrichert
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