Dunbeg Fort
Dunbeg Fort is a promontory fort built in the Iron Age near the modern village of Ventry in County Kerry, Ireland.Photo: Pam Brophy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fort
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Eagle and Slea Head.
Slea Head
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slea Head is a promontory on the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula, in southwest County Kerry, Ireland. It can be reached by the R559 road, with the nearest villages being Ballyickeen and Coumeenoole. Slea Head is situated 3 km west of Dunbeg Fort.
Ventry Graveyard
Cemetery
Photo: Seandálaí, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ventry Graveyard is a cemetery, which is situated 3 km northeast of Dunbeg Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunquin and Ventry.
Dunquin
Village
Dún Chaoin, unofficially anglicised as Dunquin, is a Gaeltacht village in the west of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. Dunquin lies at the most westerly tip of the Dingle Peninsula, overlooking the Blasket Islands. Dunquin is situated 4½ km northwest of Dunbeg Fort.
Ventry
Village
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dingle is the only sizable town on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, some 50 km southwest of Tralee. With a population in 2022 of 1,700, it has a colourful town centre and fishing harbour. Ventry is situated 4½ km northeast of Dunbeg Fort.
Dunmore Head
Locality
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dunmore Head is a promontory in the westernmost part of the Dingle Peninsula, located in the barony of Corca Dhuibhne in southwest County Kerry, Ireland. Dunmore Head is situated 5 km west of Dunbeg Fort.
Dunbeg Fort
- Categories: fort, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: County Kerry, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.10356° or 52° 6′ 13″ northLongitude
-10.40892° or 10° 24′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C4F4H3R+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1144640201OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q1265319
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Dunbeg Fort” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dunbeg gotorlekua”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن دنبيج”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Dunbeg”
- French: “fort de Dunbeg”
- French: “Fort de dunbeg”
- French: “Fort de Dunbeg”
- French: “Fort De Dunbeg”
- German: “Dunbeg Fort”
- Irish: “Dún Beag Fort”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Данбен-форт”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Irish Famine Cottages and Glebe.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Stonehouse and Dobey’s.
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