A typical visit to Mizen Head should last around 1-2 hours, but of course you can spend as long as you want! Don’t rush your visit as there’s plenty to read about and explore. 6. Mizen Head weather Tide gauges are usually classified as signal stations, as they provide immediate visual information of tide levels. Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital. One of the most southerly points of the Irish mainland, Mizen Head is located at the tip of the Mizen Head Peninsula in southwest Cork. Around 125km from Cork City, you’re looking at a 2-hour drive down. Take caution when you get to the roads leading to the car park as they can get very narrow. 2. Parking SHINE: Earthworks, structures, cropmarks and artefact scatters of prehistoric field system, prehistoric barrow, hilltop enclosure, medieval farmsteads and rabbit warren, 18th-19th century watch towers and World War Two RAF Bolt Head Airfield, at East Soar

On the 1841 Malborough tithe map, Plot 2212 is recorded as 'Signal House Field' on the accompanying apportionment. The building is illustrated near the western boundary of this field. The structure is also illustrated on the 1st edition 25 inch OS map (1880s) and the 2nd edition (1904-6).

Communications in the Second World War (WW2)

In 1991 the monitoring equipment was transferred to Nash Point Lighthouse in South Wales, and Penlee was finally demanned on 1st April 1991. Following its decommission, the keepers’ cottages were sold off in 1994, although Trinity House retained the control room and fog signal.

Sleightholme, J. D., 1992, West Soar and the Old Admiralty Signal Stations, 10-12 (Article in Serial). SDV352067. Full account of the Roman pottery which forms the main basis for the study of Signal-Station types and tabulated list of coins and hoard of fifty seven coins ranging from Constantine to Honorius. (5,6) A signal station is a form of Aids to Navigation that is defined by the IHO simply as "A signal station is a place on shore from which signals are made to ships at sea". [1] While this broad definition would include coastal radio stations and fog signal stations, the term is most often used for shore installation that use visual signals to communicate with ships at sea.

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Rare example of an extant Admiralty Signal Station. The conservation works to this building focussed on the remediation of significant structural movement to some of the walls. In addition, repointing was required to all exterior (and some interior) faces and roof. Internally, the timber floor joists were replaced and planking to mimic the original construction. The main north facing doorway was fitted with a grilled doorway, to restrict public access. English Heritage, 2013, National Heritage List for England, 1306784 (National Heritage List for England). SDV350785. PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS: the monument includes the slight earthwork and buried remains of an enclosure which has been interpreted as a Roman signal station. It is situated in an elevated position on a prominent ridge which overlooks the valley of the River Exe and has commanding views in all directions. Monograph: Devon County Council. 2000. Fire Beacons: Warning Signals across the Countryside. Fire Beacons: Warning Signals across the Countryside. A4 Unbound. In 1909 a fog signal was established so that, in any fog conditions, a manual charge of explosives was let off at seven and half minute intervals. Those explosives were the target of an armed raid on the 21st of May 1920 and they were stolen in their entirety. Surprisingly, the fog signal wasn’t re-established until February 29th, 1924. The first Radiobeacon in Ireland