
What is recorded here
Freestanding Second World War watch hut, built c.1941, having canted bay to north and single-storey entrance bay to east. Flat rendered roof with ovolo-moulded parapet, and smooth-rendered walls with square-headed openings throughout lacking fittings. Set on elevated site overlooking An Aigéan Atlantach [Atlantic Ocean] with former coastguard station to southeast.
A small-scale structure associated with the Second World War ("The Emergency"), when watch huts were erected on 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 county.
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Places near here
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An Baile Úr Stone RingfortFairy fort / stone ringfort · 1.0 mi
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Ballyhiernan, FanadOfficial bathing water · 3.3 mi
HazelHazel · 3.5 mi
Old CastleCastle, unclassified · 3.7 mi
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