Fort Royal
Fort Royal is a fort in County Donegal, Ulster. Fort Royal is situated nearby to the village Rathmullan, as well as near the nature reserve Rathmullen Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inch Fort and Rathmullen Wood.
Inch Fort
Castle
Photo: Daragh McDonough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inch Fort, Lough Swilly, Inishowen, County Donegal was built between 1812 and 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars. It had positions for nine guns, six in an open battery and a further three in a blockhouse. Inch Fort is situated 2½ km south of Fort Royal.
Rathmullen Wood
Nature reserve
Rathmullen Wood is a national nature reserve of approximately 82 acres located in County Donegal, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service. Rathmullen Wood is situated 2½ km southwest of Fort Royal.
Pilkington Martello Tower
Building
Photo: Willie Duffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pilkington Martello Tower is a building, which is situated 4 km north of Fort Royal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rathmullan and Fahan.
Rathmullan
Village
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rathmullan is a seaside village and townland on the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the western shore of Lough Swilly, 11 kilometres north-east of Ramelton and 12 km east of Milford.
Fahan
Village
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
Fahan is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located 5 km south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery. Fahan is situated 4 km southeast of Fort Royal.
Buncrana
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Buncrana is a town on Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal, on the shores of Lough Swilly. The main reason to come is to explore Inishowen Peninsula, the northern tip of the Irish mainland.
Fort Royal
- Type: Fort
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.10333° or 55° 6′ 12″ northLongitude
-7.52833° or 7° 31′ 42″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
9C7J4F3C+8MGeoNames ID
3307588
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