What is recorded here
One chamber, one room, one tower. Built to resist invasion or marked as a windmill stump depending which story you believe. The tower shape and the stump name both remain because people saw different things at the same place.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WINDMILL STUMP - IHR 02511 'The Martello Tower'. Recorded period: C18TH/C19TH. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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