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Freestanding single-bay three-storey fisheries watch tower, now a small fisheries museum, built 1853. Pyramidal slate roof having render eaves brackets. Roughly coursed rubble limestone base, with chamfered plinth above, lined-and-ruled render to ground floor, roughcast rendered upper floors with chamfered limestone plat band doubling as sill course to first floor, chamfered limestone sill courses and render impost courses to top floor. Round-headed window openings, double to top floor, with raised render surrounds and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows, having stained-glass margins to ground floor. Sill to first floor inscribed with 'Galway Fishery 1669'. Round-headed door opening to front, rear and west side elevations, with double-leaf timber battened door to front having decorative leaded stained-glass fanlight. Timber battened door to rear has boarded up fanlight, and flight of limestone steps.Tower accessed by timber and iron footbridge with handrail.
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