Fort – Frontline Ulster

Site Visit – Fort Burgoyne

Kent, Pre-WW1, Second World War, Visit Reports

A collection of photographs that were taken on a tour by the Land Trust in 2007.

Coastal Artillery – Depression Range Finding

Miscellaneous

Updated February 2023 with excerpts from the official coastal artillery training manual from 1932. Often found in coastal artillery forts, this concrete pedestal would have been home to a Depression Range Finder (D.R.F.), an instrument designed in the 1880s used to calculate the distance and bearing of enemy shipping in… Read More »Coastal Artillery – Depression Range Finding

Site Visit – Lenan Head Fort, County Donegal

First World War, Pre-WW1, Republic of Ireland, Visit Reports

Situated on a rocky headland, Lenan Head Fort (sometimes spelt Leenan) is a British built coastal artillery battery from the late 19th Century. Standing isolated for over 120 years, the Victorian site was only in use for less than 40 years, but stood proudly on the cusp of the Atlantic protecting the deep-water… Read More »Site Visit – Lenan Head Fort, County Donegal