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Battery in Ardagh

Battery

What is recorded here

Roofless rectangular structure (int: 3.0m NW-SE; 2.4m NE-SW; wall thickness 0.6m) c. 0.3 km NE of Martello Tower (CO128-014---) on Bear Island. Shown on OS 6-inch map (1842) as Battery No. 4 in square ordnance grounds. Ground and 1st floor door in NE wall. Series of gun loops in 1st floor wall. Remains of another structure attached to SE wall. Arc of low stone wall to NE (c. 5.6m).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO128-015

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Towel401, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • El Gringo ( talk ) ( Uploads ), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nomasoft, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Nigel Cox, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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