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Aughinish Martello Tower

Martello tower
Aughinish Martello Tower
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Recorded change of use
Originally martello tower; recorded by the architectural inventory as house
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Freestanding ovoid-plan single-bay three-stage Martello tower, built 1810-1. Sold, 1987, to accommodate residential use. Flat glass roof with cut-limestone parapet and cut-stone chimneystacks. Battered cut-limestone walls with plinth. External metal stairs leading to entrance. Square-headed openings with replacement timber casement windows. Replacement timber matchboard door.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20400351

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  • Maker not stated on source page, www.gettyimages.co.nz
  • Mac McCarron, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.boboandchichi.com
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.pinterest.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.nationalgeographic.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.irelandhighlights.com
  • Ballyvaughan-Fanore GAA Club; photographer not named, ballyvaughan-fanoregaa.com
  • Roger Diel, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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