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November 2, 2022
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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
- 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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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
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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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 …
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 …
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