Dunree Fort

Dunree Fort, on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula in the north of Ireland is a Napoleonic period fort mounting 8 guns on a rocky promontory accessed over a natural fissure. It that was remodelled 1895 to have 2 x 4.7 inch (119 mm) QF guns below, later 12 pounder (5 kg) QF, and 2 x 6 inch (152 mm) guns in a battery above, with the top of hill overlooking the site walled in to form a redoubt. Now a military museum with detailed exhibitions, many restored guns, a rotting military camp.

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Inishowen: Inishowen (Irish: Inis Eoghain) is a peninsula in County Donegal, and the largest in Ireland. Malin Head, the most northern point in Ireland is located at the tip of the peninsula. The coastline offers magnificent views of the Atlantic Ocean....

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