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Kilroot Coastal Artillery Battery

A site visit and photographic report on the history and current condition of Kilroot Battery, a 1910 coastal artillery battery on the western coast of Belfast Lough. The fort was…

  • Northern Ireland, Operation Banner, Second World War, Visit Reports

Site Visit – Rifle Range, Divis

In the hills above Belfast on Divis is a disused 600 yard military firing range, constructed in 1943 most likely to accommodate training for the high numbers of American troops…

  • Northern Ireland, Second World War, Visit Reports

Site Visit – Signal Station, Killylane

On the hills approximately 6 miles to the north east of Derry/Londonderry is the small but abandoned signal station at Killylane. Constructed during the Second World War, the site was…

  • Northern Ireland, Visit Reports

Visit Report – Grey Point Fort

Address The Fort, Helen’s Bay, Bangor BT19 1PU Google Maps Grey Point Fort on Google Maps Website Visit Northern Ireland WebsiteRadio Society Website Facebook Grey Point Fort Amateur Radio Society…

  • First World War, Northern Ireland, Pre-WW1, Second World War

Site Visit – Magilligan Point

The origins of a camp at Magilligan are difficult to ascertain, as I haven’t discovered any definitive records relating to the initial construction of the camp. A number of clues…

  • Cold War, Northern Ireland, Second World War

Site Visit – RAF Greystone Radar Station

A photographic visit.

  • Miscellaneous, Northern Ireland

Site Visit – Cabin Hill, Belfast

A photographic visit.

  • First World War, Northern Ireland, Original Research

North Irish Horse Camp, Antrim

Located on what is now Steeple Road PSNI Training Centre, was a 440 bed camp of the North Irish Horse. Very little is evident today of what was vacated over…

  • Miscellaneous, Northern Ireland

Site Visit – Ulster Folk Museum

On a rather damp and dreary day in January 2018, I took myself and a friend off to the Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra, near Holywood. The living history museum tells…

  • First World War, Northern Ireland, Original Research

Randalstown Camp

Dissected by the M22 motorway at Randalstown, an army camp capable of housing more than 5,000 British and Irish soldiers in preparation for the trenches of France once sat, with…

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