charles fort (cork). located just a short distance from kinsale in west cork, charles fort was...
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Located just a short distance from Kinsale in West Cork, Charles Fort was constructed in 1677 on the site of an earlier Norman fortification. It is a classic example of a star-shaped fort and has five bastions.TRANSCRIPT
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Charles Fort (Cork)
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Located just a short distance from Kinsale in West Cork, Charles Fort was constructed in 1677 on the site of an earlier Norman fortification. It is a classic example of a star-shaped fort and has five bastions.
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The Devil's and the Charles', the two bastions facing the sea, were for defending the harbour and both have gun embrasures inside and on top of the walls.
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The North, Flagstaff and the Cockpit are the three landward bastions.
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All three of these had a brick sentry box at their outermost point, two of which still survive today.
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Across the estuary is James Fort, an earlier structure designed by Paul Ivy in 1602.
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After the "Battle of the Boyne" in 1690, the Williamite forces arrived in Kinsale and attacked both forts.
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William Robinson, architect of the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, Dublin, and Superintendent of Fortifications, is credited with designing the Fort.
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In the last few centuries Charles Fort has undergone many changes and it continued to be garrisoned until 1922. There have been significant restoration works carried out in recent years.
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