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Aughris Head Look Out Post 67

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Aughris Head Look Out Post 67
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Detached single-storey rendered watch tower, built c. 1940. Square on plan, canted front to north, flat pre-cast concrete slab roof, squat concrete chimney to south. Unpainted smooth-rendered pre-cast (or insitu) single-skin concrete walls. Square-headed window openings, evidence survives of original painted one-over-one timber casement windows. Square-headed entrance door opening, door missing, rudimentary fireplace on south wall of interior. Located on Aughris Head overlooking Sligo Bay, approached from south across fields.

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