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Inch Fort

Inch Fort, , , was built between 1812 and 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars. It had positions for nine guns, six in an open battery and a further three in a blockhouse.
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Photo: Daragh McDonough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rathmullen Wood and St Mura’s Church of Ireland.

Nature reserve
is a national nature reserve of approximately 82 acres located in , Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service. is situated 3 km west of Inch Fort.

Church
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is situated 3½ km east of Inch Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathmullan and Fahan.

Village
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a seaside village and townland on the Peninsula in , . It is situated on the western shore of , 11 kilometres north-east of and 12 km east of .

Village
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
is a district of in the north of , Ireland, located 5 km south of . In Irish, is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of , an early Christian monastery. is situated 2½ km east of Inch Fort.

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is a town on Inishowen Peninsula in , on the shores of Lough Swilly. The main reason to come is to explore Inishowen Peninsula, the northern tip of the Irish mainland.

Inch Fort

Latitude
55.08399° or 55° 5′ 2″ north
Longitude
-7.51581° or 7° 30′ 57″ west
Open location code
9C7J3FMM+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 816582788
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q48814750
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Discover Inch Fort from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Inch Fort”. Photo: Daragh McDonough, CC BY-SA 2.0.