Ned’s Point Fort
Ned's Point Fort is one of several Napoleonic batteries built along the shores of Lough Swilly in county Donegal, to defend the north west of Ireland. It was part of a scheme to fortify Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle against French Invasion during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.Photo: Paddyhickey, Public domain.
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in County Donegal, Ireland
- Also known as: “Neds Point Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station and Buncrana Castle.
Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lough Swilly Lifeboat Station is located next to Ned's Point Fort in Buncrana, a town and former naval port, which sits on the eastern shore of Lough Swilly, on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, on the north coast of Ireland The lifeboat station at Buncrana was first established as an Inshore lifeboat station in 1988 by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Buncrana Castle
Castle
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buncrana Castle is situated 690 metres east of Ned’s Point Fort.
O’Doherty’s Keep
Ruins
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
O’Doherty’s Keep is a ruins, which is situated 770 metres east of Ned’s Point Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buncrana and Fahan.
Buncrana
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 6 km south of Ned’s Point Fort.
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. Rathmullan is situated 7 km southwest of Ned’s Point Fort.
Ned’s Point Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.14113° or 55° 8′ 28″ northLongitude
-7.47469° or 7° 28′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C7J4GRG+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 1029002352OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q6986342
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In Other Languages
“Ned’s Point Fort” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيدز بوينت فورت”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Porthaw Beach and Fishing Greens Gym.
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