What is recorded here
To SW of Signal Tower (CO153-022002-) on S side of island, enclosed by high stone wall. Roofless 3-storey light house; circular in plan (int. diam. 3.65m; wall thickness 1.2m), granite facade with corbelled supported parapet. Dwellings and out-offices attached. Passage way leads to signal tower to NE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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