Ring fort

Ring fort is in County Galway, Connacht. Ring fort is situated nearby to the islet Crannog, as well as near the museum Connemara Heritage and History Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Connemara Heritage and History Centre and Benglenisky.

Connemara Heritage and History Centre

Museum

The Connemara Heritage and History Centre, also called Dan O'Hara's Homestead, is an open-air museum in the village of Lettershea, near the town of Clifden, County Galway, in the Connemara region, Ireland. Connemara Heritage and History Centre is situated 100 metres north of Ring fort.

Benglenisky

Peak

Photo: Britishfinance, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Benglenisky at 516 metres, is the 368th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale. Benglenisky is the second most southern peak, after neighbouring Benlettery, of the Twelve Bens mountain range in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, Ireland, and is the lowest of the core Twelve Bens. Benglenisky is situated 3½ km east of Ring fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clifden and Letterfrack.

Clifden

Photo: Bert Kaufmann, Public domain.

Clifden is a small town on the northwest coast of County Galway in the west of Ireland. It grew up as a harbour and market town, then after the Famine became a coast resort with its present Victorian architecture.

Letterfrack

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Photo: Chalky Lives, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Letterfrack is a village on the coast of Connemara in County Galway, with a population of about 200. In Irish Leitir means a rock-strewn hillside and fraic means speckled, referring to the bright quartzite rocks.

Roundstone

Town

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roundstone is a village on the west coast of Ireland, in the Connemara region of County Galway. Lying opposite the island of Inishnee on Roundstone Bay, by road it is 76 kilometres northwest of Galway and 18 kilometres southeast of Clifden. Roundstone is situated 9 km south of Ring fort.

Ring fort

Type: Tourist attraction
Category: tourism
Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.47862° or 53° 28′ 43″ north

Longitude

-9.91198° or 9° 54′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C5GF3HQ+C6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1098895574

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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