The 18th-century Fort, built during the Napoleonic Wars, sits besides the lighthouse built in 1818 on Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland.
The possibility of French invasion during the 18th century drove the construction of many defensive stone structures around the Irish coast. The Napoleonic Signal Tower, built in the 1790s on Cape Clear Island was one of a chain of seventeen towers that could convey signals from Castletown Berehaven to Cork City. The tower was joined by a lighthouse in 1818, but it proved to be ineffective due to frequent mist. It was replaced in 1899 by the famous Fastnet Rock lighthouse, erected on a rock outcrop six kilometres south of the island, leaving two captivating ruins.
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Location: n Cape Clear Island, County Cork, Ireland.
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
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