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Watch tower in Bolinglanna

Watch tower
Watch tower in Bolinglanna
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Watch tower in Bolinglanna has a giant Éire marker nearby, which is a magnificent approach to giving directions. Never mind which field you're over, pet. Let's first establish whether you've reached the right country.

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Freestanding single-bay single-storey flat-roofed lookout post ["LOP"], between 1939-42, on an elongated half-octagonal plan. Now disused. Flat reinforced concrete roof with remains of central chimney stack. Mass- or reinforced concrete block walls. Square-headed window openings with no fittings surviving. Set in unkempt grounds.
A lookout post ["LOP 58"] erected during "The Emergency" (1939-46) to a standardised design signed by William Henry Howard Cooke (1881-1977) of the Office of Public Works (established 1831) representing an important component of the mid twentieth-century built heritage of County Mayo (cf. 31300101; 31300301; 31300706; 31300801; 31305303; 31308503). NOTE: A so-called "Éire Marker" survives nearby (coordinates 474561,792343).

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31307501

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Aubrey Dale, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Michelle Owner of the Squishy from Denver, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Kahuroa, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Steve Edge, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ire2500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Jonathan Wilkins, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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