Reg No
20400205
Rating
National
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social, Technical
Previous Name
Finavarra Battery
Original Use
Martello tower
Date
1805 - 1815
Coordinates
124071, 211600
Date Recorded
10/10/1997
Date Updated
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Freestanding ovoid-plan single-bay two-stage Martello tower, built 1810-1, with three gun placements to roof parapet. Cut-limestone flat roof with parapet, trefoil-plan radial-pattern gun mounts having metal pivots and circular rails. Battered cut-limestone walls with plinth. Murder hole to entrance soffit. Brick vaulted interior roof structure. Brick magazine with inset glazed candle boxes to interior. Steps leading to roof. Detached outbuilding to site. Freestanding War Department boundary stones inscribed "WD/↑/No XIII" and "WD/↑/No XV".