What is recorded here
Freestanding single-bay single-storey flat-roofed lookout post ["LOP"], between 1939-42, on an elongated half-octagonal plan. Now disused. Flat reinforced concrete roof. Rendered mass- or reinforced concrete block walls. Square-headed window openings with concrete sills, and concealed dressings with no fittings…
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From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31305303
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- Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Matthew Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Maker not stated on source page, www.tripadvisor.co.uk
- Eoghan888, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
- Kiran Madhusudhanan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Maker not stated on source page, www.atlasobscura.com
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