The series examines the meeting halls of the Protestant Orange Order of which there are over 600 across Northern Ireland. The majority of these are in rural locations known to few outsiders. With roots in agrarian secret societies The Order was established in the Eighteenth Century to affirm the principals of the Protestant Reformation and to this end its members are amongst the staunchest defenders of the British monarchy and the constitution.

I was interested in the defensive architecture of these isolated outposts and what they might reveal about The Orders current relationship to wider society. In recent years the Orange Order has had a decline in membership reflecting a shift to a more secularised society and alienation by members around the violence associated with their annual parades. The halls themselves have also been under arson attack from people opposed to their activities.