Doontarga
Doontarga is an archaeological site in County Clare, Munster. Doontarga is situated nearby to the archaeological site Cloonmartin Caher, as well as near Lissaroo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cahermore ringfort and Newtown Castle.
Cahermore ringfort
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cahermore ringfort or sometimes Caher Mór or "Ballyallaban stone fort" is a ringfort south of Ballyvaughan in the Burren area, in County Clare, Ireland. It is a National Monument. Cahermore ringfort is situated 1 km southeast of Doontarga.
Newtown Castle
Castle
Newtown Castle is a 16th-century tower house, located close to the village of Ballyvaughan within the Burren area of County Clare, Ireland. Uniquely for a tower house of its type in Ireland, it is cylindrical in shape above a square pyramidal base. Newtown Castle is situated 1½ km north of Doontarga.
Burren College of Art
University
Burren College of Art is an Irish non-profit independent art college specialising in undergraduate and graduate Fine Art education, located in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland. Burren College of Art is situated 1½ km north of Doontarga.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyvaughan and Burren.
Ballyvaughan
Photo: Cqui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballyvaughan is a village in County Clare, overlooking Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. With a population of 360 in 2022, it's a tiny straggling place but a good base for exploring the Burren region. Discover Ballyvaughan is the village website.
Burren
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Burren is a large area of northern County Clare, in the west of Ireland, with karst landscape - a great bare limestone sheet sculpted by water action.
Fanore
Village
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fanore is a small village in County Clare, on the west coast of Ireland. The area was officially classified as part of the West Clare Gaeltacht, an Irish-speaking community, until 1956. Fanore is situated 8 km west of Doontarga.
Doontarga
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.08974° or 53° 5′ 23″ northLongitude
-9.1758° or 9° 10′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C5G3RQF+VMOpenStreetMap ID
way 453539250OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cloonmartin Caher and Lissaroo.
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