A Martello tower on Aughinish, the low peninsula at the north-east corner of the Burren facing Galway Bay, built during the Napoleonic Wars to guard the approaches. The pin is approximate.
Aughinish Martello Tower
Napoleonic-era Martello tower on the north Burren coast, one of the few still with a cannon on top
Most visitors miss this
The Aughinish Martello tower is the last one with a real bronze cannon on top!