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Lop 79

Watch tower
Lop 79
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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.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40900924

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Pictures: John M, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; MPF, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Michael Dibb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Kenneth Allen, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Carroll Pierce, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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