Baker’s Fort

Baker’s Fort is an archaeological site in County Longford, Leinster. Baker’s Fort is situated nearby to the police station Granard Garda Station, as well as near the community center Granard Community Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Granard Motte.

Granard Motte

Archaeological site

Granard Motte is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle and National Monument in Granard, County Longford, Ireland. Granard Motte is situated 540 metres southwest of Baker’s Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Granard and Abbeylara.

Granard

Town

Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Granard is a town in the north of County Longford, Ireland, and has a traceable history going back to 236 CE. It is situated just south of the boundary between the watersheds of the Shannon and the Erne, at the point where the N55 national secondary road and the R194 regional road meet.

Abbeylara

Village

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Abbeylara is a village in County Longford, Ireland. It is at the eastern end of the county, three kilometres east of Granard, on the R396 road. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Abbeylara is situated 3 km southeast of Baker’s Fort.

Finnea

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Finnea, also Finea, is a small village in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is on the border with County Cavan, on the R394 road. The village is very roughly 25 km from each of Mullingar, Cavan town and Longford town. Finnea is situated 7 km east of Baker’s Fort.

Baker’s Fort

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Longford, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.77748° or 53° 46′ 39″ north

Longitude

-7.49312° or 7° 29′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C5JQGG4+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1541028223

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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