Old Watch Tower, Barry
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Old Watch Tower, Barry
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 5 Mar 2013
Built partly into the coastal slope at the edge of Watch House Bay, the two storey tower was erected c1860 as a coastguard station. Barry at this time was only a small village. Grade II listed in 1978.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.388727
Longitude
-3.289645