Navan Fort

Navan Fort is an ancient ceremonial monument near , . According to tradition it was one of the great royal sites of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland and the capital of the Ulaidh.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include King’s Stables and St Patrick’s Cathedral.

Lake
The King's Stables is an archaeological site in , . The earthwork known as the King's Stables is a Scheduled Historic Monument in the townland of Tray, in Armagh City and District Council area, at grid ref: H8388 4546.

Church
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St. Patrick's Cathedral in , is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland. It was built in various phases between 1840 and 1904 to serve as the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Armagh, the original medieval Cathedral of St. is situated 1½ miles east of Navan Fort.

Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Patrick's Cathedral is a cathedral in , Northern Ireland. It is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Diocese of Armagh. is situated 1½ miles east of Navan Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milford and Armagh.

Village
or Millford is a small about one mile southwest of in , . It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. It had a population of 569 people in the 2011 Census.

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is a city in , Northern Ireland, with a population in 2021 of 16,400. It's regarded as the ecclesiastic capital of all Ireland by both Anglicans and Roman Catholics.

Village
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is a small and townland in . It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. The village is set on a hill, with St Mark's , built in 1832, at its summit. is situated 3 miles west of Navan Fort.

Navan Fort

Latitude
54.348° or 54° 20′ 53″ north
Longitude
-6.69817° or 6° 41′ 53″ west
Open location code
9C6M88X2+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 128620170
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1274963
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Navan Fort” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Eamhain Mhacha”
  • Basque: “Emain Macha”
  • Basque: “Navan Fort”
  • Belarusian: “Эмайн Маха”
  • Breton: “Emain Macha”
  • Catalan: “Eamhain Mhacha”
  • Catalan: “Emain Macha”
  • Dutch: “Emain Macha”
  • Finnish: “Navanin linnoitus”
  • French: “Eamhain Mhacha”
  • French: “Emain Macha”
  • German: “Navan Fort”
  • Hebrew: “אוון ואכה”
  • Irish: “Eamhain Mhacha”
  • Irish: “Eṁaın Ṁacha”
  • Italian: “Emain Macha”
  • Japanese: “エヴァン・マハ”
  • Japanese: “エマン・マッハ”
  • Korean: “에번 바허”
  • Polish: “Fort Navan”
  • Portuguese: “Forte Navan”
  • Russian: “Эмайн Маха”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Emain Macha”
  • Spanish: “Emain Macha”
  • Thai: “เอเมนมาคา”
  • Ukrainian: “Емайн Маха”
  • Ukrainian: “Емайн-Маха”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Armagh: Navan Centre & Fort and Navan Centre and Fort.

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