South Base Tower, Ballykelly, Limavady, Co Londonderry is a Grade B1 listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 22 March 1996.

South Base Tower, Ballykelly, Limavady, Co Londonderry

WRENN ID: hallowed-terrace-quill
Grade: B1
Local Planning Authority: Causeway Coast and Glens
Country: Northern Ireland
Date first listed: 22 March 1996
Source: NI Environment Agency listing

Description

This base was the southern extremity of a line set up to facilitate the triangulation pattern of the Ordnance Survey carried out in 1830s. The northern extremity was approximately 8 miles away at Magilligan Presently the base consists of enclosing circular whinstone wall with sandstone coping, average height 1200 mm, and surmounted by a metre high C I railing. The diameter of the base is approximately 6 metres. The enclosed space was covered with weeds and nothing could be observed.

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