Survey Data

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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Description

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".