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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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
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.
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″ northLongitude
-9.91198° or 9° 54′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C5GF3HQ+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 1098895574OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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