Practice Battery at Fort Dunree

The mountain trail at Fort Dunree was surprising that it showed me the existence of a secluded beach which is right next to the mountain where the fort was built. I don’t know if this was intentional since I would imagine that soldiers might also want to relax every now and then in a secluded beach right next to their place of work. While the trail provided insights into the setup of the Top Fort of Fort Dunree, it also gives great views of the surrounding area. The trail primarily weaves across the face of the mountain facing the sea. Again this makes sense because the main threats here would all be coming from the sea.

Mount at the Practice Battery at Fort Dunree

On the way down, I happened to run into another installation at Fort Dunree. This time it is a practice battery. Basically, this is an area where large guns would also be mounted facing the sea and soldiers would be practicing firing these guns. The guns themselves are no longer here but you can still see the mounts and the tracks it would have used to swivel from left to right. I imagine that this would have been a very noisy place when they were doing live fire practice. Fortunately the days where those things are needs are long gone.

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