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Building misc in Knockaun

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Building misc in Knockaun
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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 with mass concrete battered central chimney stack. Rendered mass- or reinforced concrete block walls. Square-headed window openings with no fittings…

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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 with mass concrete battered central chimney stack. Rendered mass- or reinforced concrete block walls. Square-headed window openings with no fittings surviving. Set in unkempt grounds on headland.
A lookout post [""LOP 64""] erected during ""The Emergency"" (1939-46) to a standardised design signed by William Henry Howard Cooke (1881-1977) of the Office of Public Works (established 1831) representing an important component of the mid twentieth-century built heritage of north County Mayo (cf. 31300101; 31300301; 31300801; 31305303; 31307501; 31308503).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31300706

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  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Alex McGregor, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chris-from-mayo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Phonohan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Steve Edge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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