J2306 : The Ballagan Point WWII Coastal Watch Look Out Post

taken 6 years ago, 4 km SSE of Greenore, Co Louth, Ireland

The Ballagan Point WWII Coastal Watch Look Out Post
The Ballagan Point WWII Coastal Watch Look Out Post
The day watch were also responsible for maintaining the garden in the courtyard of the former coast guard station.
Coast Watching Service LOP

The architecture of the Look Out Posts (LOPs) of The Coast Watching Service is unmistakable, each flat roofed building was built of 137 pre-cast concrete blocks with a large bay window at one end and a door at the other. 83 LOPs were built all maintaining a 24/7 watch of the coast and the air above reporting all logged sightings to G2 (Irish Military Intelligence) which increasingly shared the information with UK Naval Intelligence. The posts were numbered in a clockwise direction round the coast of Ireland, Ballagan being LOP No1 and Inishowen Head at the mouth of the Foyle in Donegal being LOP 82. The last to be built, LOP 83, was in Co Kerry. Each LOP was manned by volunteers under the command of a Corporal. Corporals were paid four shillings a day.

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Date Taken
Tuesday, 17 July, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 25 July, 2018
Geographical Context
Defence, Military 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 233 068 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:59.7589N 6:7.1548W
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Irish: geotagged! J 236 066
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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