Dunree Hill Fort - Completed Portfolio

amcinroy

Hey guys,

I've just finished off my B&W portfolio of the old dunree hill fort.

You can see the finished set and statement of intent here
http://www.andymcinroy.com/4port.htm

C+C most welcome.

Here's the statement
The old hill fort at Dunree on the Inishowen peninsula of Donegal has historically provided a strategic defense of Loch Swilly. It now stands as a rusting and deserted relic of our wartime past.

I have always felt that the decaying fort buildings are both eerie and cold. Even on the warmest of summer days, a cold draught blows through the dark corridors. Outside, creaking corregated iron swings in the breeze while hooded crows watch the stranger suspiciously from the old telegraph poles and chimney stacks. I have explored many of the old corridors. Yet there are also many dark rooms behind closed doors that still spook me. Those doors remain closed.

Despite the eerie mood and whispers of the past, nature is now returning to reclaim its place here. Every winter storm sees another window blown in and a little more brickwork crumble. Every spring sees the briars grow higher to conceal what remains. So too, new growth emerges and heals over the ground.

Andy

latchiko

Nice work. You have definately captured the desolation, decay and bleakness of the fort. All the shots sit nicely together as a portfolio also. Well done!