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Glen Head Signal Tower

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Glen Head Signal Tower

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    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

    November 5, 2022

    Hiking

    Stuart Rathbone (Glen Head Signal Station, 2022-10-24):
    irishsignalstations.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/glen-head-county-donegal

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    1. The Tower loop from Glencolmcille/Glencolumbkille

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