Survey Data

Reg No

14402104


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Technical


Original Use

Beacon


Date

1780 - 1820


Coordinates

313678, 276601


Date Recorded

18/05/2002


Date Updated

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Description

Circular-plan tapered stone beacons, built c.1800, with conical caps.

Appraisal

These beacons where built to guide traffic along the Boyne estuary and into Drogheda Port. This area of Meath has a long tradition of sea trading and fishing and this adds to the historical interest of the structures. They were marked as Direction Posts on OS1 (1837).