Survey Data
Reg No
32401211
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical
Original Use
Watch tower
Date
1935 - 1945
Coordinates
150050, 336675
Date Recorded
19/08/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached single-storey rendered watch tower, built c. 1940. Square on plan, canted front to north, flat pre-cast concrete slab roof, squat concrete chimney to south. Unpainted smooth-rendered pre-cast (or insitu) single-skin concrete walls. Square-headed window openings, evidence survives of original painted one-over-one timber casement windows. Square-headed entrance door opening, door missing, rudimentary fireplace on south wall of interior. Located on Aughris Head overlooking Sligo Bay, approached from south across fields.
Appraisal
This little concrete watch-tower, while in an advanced stage of decay, must have once performed an important function. It is prominently located on an exposed headland.