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Crohy Tower, signal tower in County Donegal (40905603)

Signal tower
Crohy Tower
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Freestanding two-bay two-storey Napoleonic-era signal tower, built c.1805, overlooking Ceann an Cruaiche [Crohy Head] and An Aigéan Atlantach [Atlantic Ocean]. Square plan, having faceting to east elevation. Ashlar machicolations to southeast and northeast corners and to west elevation, with remains of red brick…

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Freestanding two-bay two-storey Napoleonic-era signal tower, built c.1805, overlooking Ceann an Cruaiche [Crohy Head] and An Aigéan Atlantach [Atlantic Ocean]. Square plan, having faceting to east elevation. Ashlar machicolations to southeast and northeast corners and to west elevation, with remains of red brick chimneystack. Exposed rubble stone walls with dressed quoins. Square-headed openings with remains of cut-stone lintels with keystone to first floor and having segmental relieving arches with dressed stone voussoirs; windows to ground floor have voussoirs, but lintels are missing. Square-headed recessed openings to interior with flat stone arches, and segmental-arch fireplace.
This signal tower is an important component of the early nineteenth-century military architectural legacy of Dún na nGall [County Donegal]. It was constructed by the British administration in anticipation of a potential invasion by the French during the Napoleonic War and formed part of a substantial network of defensive structures erected along the Irish coastline. Of notable architectural interest are the machicolations and the small openings on the ground floor, typical of defensive and fortified buildings. The structure makes a distinctive landmark.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40905603

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • A McCarron, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons
  • louise price, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bing image result, image search
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Robert Bone, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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