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Crohy Head Signal Tower (LOP 74 / Éire Sign 74)

Crohy Head Signal Tower (LOP 74 / Éire Sign 74)

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Crohy Head Signal Tower (LOP 74 / Éire Sign 74)

Name: Crohy Head Signal Tower (LOP 74 / Éire Sign 74)
Rating: 2

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Location: Donegal, Ireland

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1. Maghery Beach & Crohy Head loop from Dungloe

25.4km

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330m

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2. Maghery Beach – Crohy Head Sea Arch loop from Dungloe

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04:04

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3. Maghery Beach – Crohy Head Sea Arch loop from Maghery

13.1km

03:39

250m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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November 2, 2022

Located close to the road to Maghery:
- Napoleonic-era signal tower
- Lookout post no. 74 to the south west of the tower
- Éire sign no. 74 to the south west of the tower

Stuart Rathbone (Crohy Head Signal Station, County Donegal, 2022-11-05):
irishsignalstations.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/crohy-head-county-donegal
Tim Schmelzer (LOP 74 Crohy Head, 2022-11-12):
lookoutpost.com/projections/lop74-crohy-head

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November 2, 2022

The Irish Times (“Ireland's Napoleonic-era signal towers”, 2022-10-15):
irishtimes.com/news/environment/ireland-s-napoleonic-era-signal-towers-1.1253929
“Ireland’s Napoleonic-era signal towers were central players in an early-19th-century communication system… 81 stations proposed in the 1804-6 plans …”
University College Cork (The Napoleonic-era signal towers, 2022-10-15):
ucc.ie/en/archaeology/research/projects/signaltowers
Stuart Rathbone (The Irish Signal Stations, 2022-11-04):
itsligo.ie/research/research-projects/stuart-rathbone
irishsignalstations.wordpress.com
arcgis.com/apps/Viewer/index.html?appid=de457106157e427f80e2711fc092b03e

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November 2, 2022

The Royal Irish Academy (Éire signs and the 'Emergency', 2018-0-08):
ria.ie/news/documents-irish-foreign-policy/eire-signs-and-emergency
“… but as early as June 1943 the US Air Force requested that the numbers of nearby lookout posts be added to the signs. The numbers offered more precise directions to Allied navigators; the Germans were never informed of them. The original signs were uneven in size, but in summer 1944 they were reconfigured into a standard format: twelve metres long and six metres high, with a rectangular border. Whitewashed stone was used. …”
Treasa Lynch (EIRE signs of WW II, 2022-11-01):
eiremarkings.org
Tim Schmelzer (LOOKOUT POST, 2022-11-12):
lookoutpost.com/about
“LOP This project presents scenery-related light art works on the lookout posts of the Irish Defence Forces Coast Watching Service. …”
The Irish Military Archives (Look Out Posts Log Books Collection, 2022-11-01):
militaryarchives.ie/collections/reading-room-collections/look-out-post-logbooks-september-1939-june-1945
“… A network of 83 Look Out Posts (LOPs) were built around the coast of Ireland and manned by members of the Local Defence Force (LDF). …”

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Elevation 100 m

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Monday 22 December

10°C

7°C

72 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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