lighthouse — Inis Mór [Inishmore]

Freestanding single-bay three-stage lighthouse, established 1818, on a circular plan. Decommissioned, 1857. In ruins, 1898. Renovated, 1993, to accommodate alternative use. Now disused. Limestone ashlar battered walls on cut-limestone chamfered plinth with cantilevered walkway on cut-limestone thumbnail beaded corbels supporting cast-iron railings centred on lantern. Square-headed door opening with cut-limestone step threshold, and cut-limestone lintel framing replacement timber fitting. Square-headed window openings with cut-limestone sills, and cut-limestone lintels framing replacement timber fittings. Interior retaining cast-iron spiral staircase with cast-iron balusters supporting cast-iron banister. Set in shared grounds with piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted cut-limestone shallow pyramidal capping supporting flat iron gate.