Survey Data
Reg No
20912907
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Signal tower
Date
1800 - 1810
Coordinates
84246, 38048
Date Recorded
22/04/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding two-bay three-stage signal tower, built c.1805, now disused. Rubble limestone walls with crenulated parapet. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and lintels. Pointed arch and square-headed door openings.
Appraisal
One of an extensive network of signal towers which were built along the Irish coast in anticipation of an invasion by the French. However, the system was doomed to failure, as the British had not taken the wet and misty climate of the west coast into consideration, which obscured the signals.