Loher Cashel
Loher Cashel is a stone ringfort and National Monument located on the Iveragh Peninsula, Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: MollyCrilly, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: stone ringfort in County Kerry, Ireland
- Also known as: “Loher Stone Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beenarourke and Derrynane House.
Derrynane House
Museum
Photo: DavidBosonnet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Derrynane House was the home of Irish politician and statesman, Daniel O'Connell. It is protected as a national monument and part of a 320-acre national historic park. Derrynane House is situated 3½ km southeast of Loher Cashel.
Eightercua
Archaeological site
Photo: Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0.
Eightercua Irish: Íoċtar Ċua, meaning ' "the place or holy place or harbor" that is Íoċ or "below" - the word is a specifically geographical term that does not adequately translate into English which does not designate a "place down below" with categorically… Eightercua is situated 3 km north of Loher Cashel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterville and Caherdaniel.
Waterville
Village
Photo: Kemiah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Waterville, historically known as Coirean, is a village in County Kerry, Ireland, on the Iveragh Peninsula. The town is sited on a narrow isthmus, with Lough Currane on the east side of the town, and Ballinskelligs Bay on the west, and the Currane River connecting the two. Waterville is situated 4½ km north of Loher Cashel.
Caherdaniel
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caherdaniel is a village and townland in County Kerry, Ireland, located on the Iveragh peninsula on the Ring of Kerry. It is on the southwestern side of the peninsula, facing onto Derrynane Bay, at a T-junction on the N70 road. Staigue fort, a stone ringfort, is nearby. Derrynane House, which was home to Daniel O'Connell, is also in the area. Caherdaniel is situated 5 km east of Loher Cashel.
Lamb’s Head
Locality
Photo: Sjunnesson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lamb’s Head is a locality, which is situated 6 km southeast of Loher Cashel.
Loher Cashel
- Categories: ringfort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.78605° or 51° 47′ 10″ northLongitude
-10.16558° or 10° 9′ 56″ westElevation
61 metres (200 feet)Open location code
9C3FQRPM+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 386519128OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Irish—“Loher Cashel” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Cathair an Lóthair”
- French: “Loher Cashel”
- German: “Cathair an Lóthair”
- German: “Loher Fort”
- Irish: “Cathair an Lóthair”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loher Cashel”. Photo: MollyCrilly, CC BY-SA 4.0.