Survey Data
Reg No
31304201
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Signal tower
Date
1800 - 1810
Coordinates
61762, 307329
Date Recorded
07/03/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Remains of freestanding single-bay two-stage signal tower, built 1804-6, on a square plan. In ruins, 1898. Remains of coursed rubble limestone walls on battered base with cut- or rough cut limestone flush quoins to corners. Outlines of paired square-headed window openings. Interior in ruins with camber-headed niches centred on camber-headed fireplace. Set in unkempt grounds on an elevated site with remains of boundary wall to perimeter.
Appraisal
The remains of a signal tower representing an important component of the early nineteenth-century built heritage of Achill Island (cf. 31302403; 31308401; 31309401).