The Signal Tower
Mar 3rd, 2010 | By editor | Category: Scribblings on arts and culture, The inside gardenerThe signal tower, elusive behind the brow of the hill, was one feature of the island I had wanted to see. Martello towers have always interested me- it’s their proud replication in so many different parts of their globe coupled with a universal redundancy. From the height of the tower is a full round view of the Bull, Cow and Calf islands, the stump of lighthouse on the latter like a charred log, the Mizen and Sheep’s Head to the south, the Kerry peninsulas to the North, and the Skelligs haunting on the horizon. On such a day it was not hard to imagine the fleets of fresh, white billowing sails floating past in the heyday of the pirates.
