Ruined watch-tower
Introduction
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Ruined watch-tower
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 9 Sep 2006
One of a chain of watch-towers along the coast built for signalling during Napoleonic times. The tower sits on a ridge of ordovician sandstones (Conwy Castle Grit) which are exposed in the small quarry from which the building stone was sourced.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.304766
Longitude
-3.824811