Introduction Clickable Map Route One Murder 1741 Murder Site Copper Mines Flag Quarry Smugglers Cave Skerries Islands St. Patrick's Island Shenicks Island Red Island Rockabill Lighthouse Lambay Island The Wreck of the Tayleur Air Crash 1913 Drumanagh Cuhulainn and Emer Martello Tower Cliffs School House Route Two Lizzy's Cottage The Lodge Old Castle Portico of Kenure House Kenure Graveyard St. Catherine's Well Kenure Church Route Three Baldungan Castle |
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Martello TowerThe Martello Tower on the headland of Drumanagh was built in 1803 and is one of a series of such towers built on headlands and small islands each side of Dublin city as a defence against Napoleon. The building consisted of two stories, a basement for stores and magazine with the upper storey forming a casement for the defenders. The roof was considered to be shell proof, and had a huge trans-versing gun on a central platform. The entrance was by ladders to the door situated halfway up the wall. The Martello towers got their name from Mortella Bay in Corsica where the English forces were thwarted by one such tower, thus providing the idea for the construction of the same towers in Ireland. The towers were never put into use for defence purposes. Access to Drumanagh by the cliff from Loughshinny beach is highly dangerous due to costal erosion, this site is Private Property and entry is prohibted. |
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