Editing Fort Dunree (section)

==History==
[[File:BL6inchMkVIICoastDefenceGunsLoughSwilly.jpg|thumb|left|Coast defence guns from [[World War I]] at Dunree Fort]]
The fort is located on a rocky [[promontory]] accessed over a natural fissure. Originally built as part of a series of fortifications defending [[Lough Swilly]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]], located opposite [[Knockalla Fort]] on the other side of the lough.

The fort was neglected after the peace of 1815. In 1874 it was armed with seven 24 Pounder guns.<ref>Stevenson, Ian, 1995. ''Two Irish Loughs'', Redan: Journal of the Palmerston Forts Society, Gosport, p15</ref><ref>The National Archives, Plans of Dunree Fort,
 War office, 1877 WO78/4747/8</ref>

It was remodelled in 1895 to have 2 x 4.7 inch (120&nbsp;mm) QF guns below, and later 12-pounder (5&nbsp;kg) QF and 2 x 6 inch (152&nbsp;mm) guns in an upper [[Coastal artillery|land battery]]. The top of a hill overlooking the site was walled in to form a [[redoubt]]. Both 6-inch guns were operational during the First World War.<ref>Farndale, Martin, 2008. History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery - The forgotten fronts and Home Base, Royal Artillery Institution, London, p403</ref>