Fort Dunree

County Donegal · Ireland

Fort Dunree, Ireland
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Perched on cliffs above Lough Swilly, this coastal battery was built to counter a French landing and later guarded a wartime naval anchorage. Gun emplacements and a signal tower crown the rocky headland.

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