Fort Protector
Fort Protector is an archaeological site in County Laois, Leinster. Fort Protector is situated nearby to The Town Hotel, as well as near the park Fitzmaurice Place.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunamaise Arts Centre and Portlaoise Courthouse.
Dunamaise Arts Centre
Theater building
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Dunamaise Arts Centre is an arts and cultural centre located in Portlaoise, Ireland, opened in 1999. Dunamaise Arts Centre is situated 120 metres southwest of Fort Protector.
Portlaoise Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portlaoise Courthouse is a judicial facility in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. Portlaoise Courthouse is situated 140 metres southwest of Fort Protector.
Portlaoise
Railway station
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Portlaoise railway station is a station on the Dublin to Cork/Limerick lines in Ireland. It is also the terminus for the South Western Commuter also called the Portlaoise Commuter Line which forms part of the Dublin Suburban Rail network in the commuter belt for Dublin. Portlaoise is situated 290 metres northwest of Fort Protector.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portlaoise and Ballyfin.
Portlaoise
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Portlaoise or Port Laoise is the county town of County Laois, in the south midlands of Ireland. It's a large town that acts as a transport hub for the region and is within an hour's travel of Dublin.
Ballyfin
Hamlet
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Ballyfin is a village and parish in the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Laois, Ireland. It is around 8 km west of Portlaoise, on the L21121 local road which joins the R423 regional road between Mountrath and Mountmellick. Ballyfin is situated 8 km west of Fort Protector.
Emo
Village
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Emo is a village in County Laois, Ireland. It is located near Portlaoise on the R422 regional road just off the M7 Dublin–Limerick motorway. Emo is situated 9 km northeast of Fort Protector.
Fort Protector
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Laois, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.03515° or 53° 2′ 7″ northLongitude
-7.29822° or 7° 17′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C5J2PP2+3POpenStreetMap ID
way 837190431OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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