Wileys Fort
Wileys Fort is an archaeological site in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. Wileys Fort is situated nearby to the archaeological site Rath, as well as near the forest Straidhill Plantation.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Slieve True and Ballyclare High School.
Slieve True
Peak
Slieve True or Slievetrue is a 312 m-high hill in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is near Knockagh Monument and Monkstown, about 6 km north of Belfast. Slieve True is situated 2 miles southeast of Wileys Fort.
Ballyclare High School
School
Ballyclare High School is a co-educational, non-denominational grammar school in Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. There are approximately 1,200 pupils at the school, taught by around 80 teachers. Ballyclare High School is situated 2 miles west of Wileys Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Straid and Ballyclare.
Straid
Village
Straid is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about three miles east of Ballyclare, and about six miles inland from Carrickfergus. It lies at the centre of the townland of Straidlands, in the Civil Parish of Ballynure within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area, and in the former barony of Belfast Lower.
Ballyclare
Town
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballyclare is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 10,850 according to the 2021 census, and is located within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council area. Ballyclare is situated 2 miles west of Wileys Fort.
Ballyrobert
Village
Ballyrobert is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is about 4 km south of Ballyclare and has developed around the junction of the Ballyrobert Road and the Mossley Road/The Longshot. Ballyrobert is situated 3 miles southwest of Wileys Fort.
Wileys Fort
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.74566° or 54° 44′ 44″ northLongitude
-5.95412° or 5° 57′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C6PP2WW+79OpenStreetMap ID
node 11153196807OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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