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Knockalla Fort

Martello tower and coastal battery
Knockalla Fort
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The official built-heritage record describes a two-storey rounded tower with gun mounts on its roof, defensive walls, a dry moat, firing holes and a sunken approach road. It was one of six nearby forts built to protect the Donegal coast and Lough Swilly during the Napoleonic Wars.
A rounded stone Martello tower and coastal battery built around 1810 to guard Lough Swilly during the Napoleonic Wars.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 40901801

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Rossographer, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Irishhistoricalgamer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Carroll Pierce, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Kenneth Allen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0; Patrice78500, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Dr Neil Clifton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; MPF, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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