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Magilligan Martello Tower. A Martello Tower stands to the north of Magilligan Point near the lough, [6] [7] Building began in 1812, late in the British, and featured a round tower with gun mounts for two 24-pounder guns. A fort at Magilligan point was originally planned but was seen as impractical because of soft ground. The tower has been ...
Martello towers, sometimes known simply as Martellos, are small defensive forts that were built across the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the French Revolutionary Wars onwards. Most were coastal forts. They stand up to 40 feet (12 m) high (with two floors) and typically had a garrison of one officer and 15–25 men.
County Londonderry within Ireland Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of Grade A listed buildings in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special ...
View from Loughshinny of Drumanagh with its Martello Tower. Drumanagh (Irish: Droim Meánach) [1] is a headland near the village of Loughshinny, in the north east of County Dublin, Ireland. It features an early 19th-century Martello tower and a large (200,000 m²) Iron Age promontory fort which has produced Roman artefacts.
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A Martello tower that sits on the banks of Lough Swilly. Due to its natural shelter and its depth, the lough was an important naval port. In October 1798, immediately prior to the outbreak of the Napoleonic wars , a French fleet carrying Wolfe Tone of the United Irishmen , plus troops to assist in 1798 rebellion , was intercepted and defeated ...
The tower was refurbished in 2001, [1] with the museum opening in 2003. It is based around the collections of former curator Pat Herbert [ 3 ] who had been collecting for over 60 years. [ 4 ] The name of the museum is an homage to a remark by Taoiseach Seán Lemass , who asked an RTÉ radio controller in the 1950s "How's the hurdy gurdy?".
First Martello tower Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino (1520–1586), known as El Fratin or Il Fratino ("The Little Friar "), was a military engineer who served the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain Emperor Charles V , and then his son Philip II of Spain .