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Pillbox on Blackrock, Tramore Road

Partizan · 2010-04-14 09:51:22

Lads, can any of ye tell me when it was built and is there access to it?

14-04-2010 10:51am

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Partizan

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Lads, can any of ye tell me when it was built and is there access to it?

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#2 14-04-2010 1:06pm

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View from the top of the pillar box

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#3 14-04-2010 2:12pm

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think it was a gun post during ww2,overlooking the tramore to waterford railway line(now abandoned)

used to climb over a fence and climb up to it when we were kids,dunno about now.

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#4 14-04-2010 2:13pm

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#5 15-04-2010 1:21am

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Partizan wrote: »

Lads, can any of ye tell me when it was built and is there access to it?

havnt been up there in years but in me teens it used to be a weeklty ting to go up there with the lads for a change of sceane,,ya can climb the front if u want or take the easy route and walk around,, we even had bets who could get there fastest the climber or the runner and one certin climber always won no matter wot,,must check it out again one of the days ,,:)

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