Dún Aonghasa
Dún Aonghasa is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high cliff. A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is also an important archaeological site.
- Fort
- …lies at an elevation of 26 metres (85 feet)
- …is also known as “Dun Aengus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple MacDuagh Church and Serpent’s Lair.
Temple MacDuagh Church
Temple MacDuagh Church is situated 780 metres northeast of Dún Aonghasa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilronan.
Dún Aonghasa
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Latitude
53.1254° or 53° 7′ 31″ north
Longitude
-9.7662° or 9° 45′ 58″ west
Open location code
9C5G46GM+5G
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Dún Aonghasa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dun Aengus”
- Basque: “Dún Aengus”
- Basque: “Dún Aonghasa”
- Catalan: “Dún Aengus”
- Catalan: “Dún Aonghasa”
- Chinese: “杜恩·昂哈薩遺跡”
- Dutch: “Dun Aengus”
- Finnish: “Dún Aonghasa”
- French: “Dun Aengus”
- German: “Dun Aengus”
- German: “Dún Aonghasa”
- Irish: “Dún Aengus”
- Irish: “Dún Aonghasa”
- Irish: “Dún Aonghusa”
- Italian: “Dún Aengus”
- Italian: “Dún Aonghasa”
- Japanese: “ドゥーン・エンガス”
- Japanese: “ドゥーン・エングサ”
- Polish: “Dún Aengus”
- Russian: “Дун-Энгус”
- Spanish: “Dun Aengus”
- Spanish: “Dún Aengus”
- Spanish: “Dun Aonghasa”
- Spanish: “Dún Aonghasa”
- Welsh: “Dun Aengus”
- Welsh: “Dún Aengus”
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