Grey Point Fort

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This gun site was built to protect the mouth of the Belfast Lough from enemy invasion and now houses a little military museum. Centrepiece is a 12ft by six inch diameter naval gun which was installed in 1992. It is nearly a century old and was brought from Spike Island in Cork Harbour which also had a defensive fort.

It has a naval 12' gun with a six-inch diameter which is nearly a century old, brought from Spike Island in Cork Harbour, which also had a defensive fort. A second gun has been added more recently.

Grey Points two original guns were sold for scrap in 1957 after the disbanding of the coastal artillery.
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@ 2007-03-23 12:30:26
This olace is only open sat & sun, 2-5pm during winter. Which I discovered today having telephoned and been told it was open ... it was closed.