- Address
- Baltimore
- Type
- Beacon
- NIAH reg. no.
- 20914902
The Beacon
Baltimore
About The Beacon
The National Inventory rates The Beacon Regional, one of 20 in Baltimore. Its record dates The Beacon to 1820–1840.
Built by the Crowley Brothers, this impressive navigation beacon forms an important element of the maritime history of West Cork. It is a substantial and distinctive landmark which has guided sea farers for more than a century.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 20914902 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 20914902↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Finding The Beacon
Baltimore
St. Matthew's Church of Ireland ChurchRegional rating (NIAH)1.4 kmThe Old Post HouseRegional rating (NIAH)1.5 kmGarda Siochana StationRegional rating (NIAH)1.5 kmGlenan's Irish Sailing Centre (signal post)Regional rating (NIAH)1.7 kmGlenan's Irish Sailing Centre (railway station)Regional rating (NIAH)1.7 kmQuestions about The Beacon
Is The Beacon on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 20914902).
Can you visit The Beacon?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was The Beacon built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1820–1840.
Is The Beacon protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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