Huge bonfire towers will be set ablaze in Belfast at midnight as police brace themselves for possible violence surrounding the annual Orange Order parades.
The fire stacks, made with tyres and wooden pallets, are adorned with Union Flags and some are more than 100ft high.
They will be lit as Protestant loyalists begin July 12 celebrations to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne, which saw the Catholic King James defeated by King William of Orange in 1690.
It comes as unionist anger intensifies over a decision to ban an Orange Order parade past a sectarian flash point that has been the scene of serious rioting in recent years.
Orangemen will be allowed to march past the Ardoyne shops on the Crumlin Road in the morning, but the Parades Commission adjudication body has banned them from taking the same route back in the afternoon.
Residents have complained that the annual march causes them huge inconvenience.
Dissident republicans called off a major protest against the parade in the wake of the Commission's decision.
The Orange Order has branded the ruling "ludicrous" but urged supporters not to react with violence.
Matt Baggott, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, has revealed he is drafting in an extra 630 police officers from forces across the UK to help keep the peace on the streets over the Twelfth.
He denied claims that the unprecedented move was an indication he was concerned about serious disorder in places such as Ardoyne but said the scale of this year's Twelfth event was unique.
A total of 550 parades are due to take place throughout Northern Ireland on Friday with 43 deemed to be contentious.
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