Black Fort
Black Fort is an archaeological site in County Cavan, Ulster. Black Fort is situated nearby to the archaeological site Lecks Fort, as well as near Lecks East Wetland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb.
Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Wanfried-Dublin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb is a prehistoric site, a wedge tomb about 16 kilometres west of Carrickmacross, in County Monaghan near the border with County Cavan, in Ireland. Lisnadarragh Wedge Tomb is situated 4 km north of Black Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shercock and Magheracloone.
Shercock
Village
Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shercock; Irish: Searcóg) is a small town and civil parish in the east of County Cavan, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 574.
Magheracloone
Locality
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Magheracloone is a locality, which is situated 8 km southeast of Black Fort.
Bailieborough
Photo: Oliver Gargan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bailieborough is a town in the east of County Cavan in northwest Ireland, with a population of 3000 in 2022. It's within an hour's drive of Dublin and is mostly a commuter town.
Black Fort
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Cavan, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.97941° or 53° 58′ 46″ northLongitude
-6.88933° or 6° 53′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C5MX4H6+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 633828964OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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