What is recorded here
Freestanding Second World War watch hut, erected c.1941, having canted western half. Now disused. Flat rendered roof with rendered chimneystack. Rendered walls with square-headed openings. Fireplace to interior. Set on elevated site overlooking An Aigéan Atlantach [Atlantic Ocean].
This small structure is associated with the Second World War, when watch huts were erected along the Irish coastline. It performed an important function as a look-out post and communication base and is one of the few military structures from this era that survive in the district.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40905620
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- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Mac McCarron, 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
- louise price, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mhdelaney, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Robert Bone, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bart Whelan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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