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Rectangular enclosure - artillery fort is a post-medieval fortification located in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The site represents the type of geometric, trace-italienne influenced fortification design that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, adapted for the deployment of artillery. Its rectangular plan with bastioned or angled corners reflects contemporary military engineering principles developed to withstand cannon fire. The fortification likely relates to English military efforts to consolidate control in Ulster during the Tudor and early Stuart periods, when such works were constructed to establish garrison strongholds in strategically significant locations.
Rectangular enclosure - artillery fort is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 15376. View the official record →
Rectangular enclosure - artillery fort is a post-medieval fortification located in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 15376.
Rectangular enclosure - artillery fort dates from the post-med period, and is classified as a fortification. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Rectangular enclosure - artillery fort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 15376.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The coalisland canal. coalisland canal - ihr 05141 (2.2 km), Colliery chimney - ihr 05128 (2.4 km), Fireclay works chimneys (4) - ihr 05122 (2.8 km).
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