Carlisle Fort, Crosshaven, Co. Cork with sailing boat. Taken from Camden Fort (in the foreground)

This strange shot is from the Lawrence Collection and is said to be taken on Carlisle Fort in Crosshaven! The wide expanse of water is suitably occupied by the presence of a sailing boat going by!..Everyone seems to agree that this photo was taken from Camden fort and that it is a picture of Carlisle Fort across the way, hence the title. guliolopez ( /photos/20727502@N00/ ) provides links to some maps he prepared earlier which illustrate all positions needed to understand this photo...oaktree_brian_1976 ( /photos/66151649@N02/ ) Tells us that the Boat is a two-masted schooner, and he believes they wouldn't have been used much past the 1910's or 1920's. therefore it is likely the photo was taken in the late 19th Century. Others have suggested 1880's or 1890's. Based on the evidence I am making an executive decision to change the date range to circa 1880 - 1900...John Spooner ( /photos/johnspooner/ ) (a.k.a. The Prophet of Doom) sounds the Sudden Death Klaxon with reference to an article in the Freeman's Journal dated September 7, 1897 about the demise in an accident of a little boy Richard Hayes. ..abandoned railways ( /photos/abandonedrailsireland/ ) Reports that Camden Fort has recently opened for visitors at the weekends, after renovation, and that the venture is being run by volunteers...Photographer: Robert French..Collection: The Lawrence Photograph Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000313414 ) ..Date: Circa 1880 - 1900..NLI Ref.: L_ROY_11639 ( vtls000316240 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )