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Mareike
August 3, 2021
Hiking
This tower was built around 1800 and is still quite well preserved. It is high above steep cliffs from which you have a magnificent view over the sea.
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October 24, 2022
Hiking
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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November 5, 2022
Hiking
Stuart Rathbone (Glen Head Signal Station, 2022-10-24):
irishsignalstations.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/glen-head-county-donegal
irishsignalstations.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/glen-head-county-donegal
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