Dunbeg Fort, Ventry

Name: Dunbeg Fort
Address: Slea Head Drive, Fahan, Ventry, Ireland
Telephone: +353 66 915 9755

#1 among attractions in Ventry

Top attraction, Historical place, Archaeological site

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Facts and practical information

Dunbeg Fort is a promontory fort built in the Iron Age near the modern village of Ventry in County Kerry, Ireland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°6'12"N, 10°24'31"W

Address

Slea Head Drive, FahanVentry Ireland

Contact

+353 66 915 9755

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Day trips

Dunbeg Fort – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Gallarus Oratory, Mount Eagle, Oceanworld Aquarium Dingle, Eask Tower.

5.4 miNE
Ruins, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Gallarus Oratory, Dingle
138 min walk • Nestled in the picturesque landscape of the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, Gallarus Oratory stands as an architectural marvel and a testament to early Christian heritage. This impeccably preserved stone church, believed to have been constructed between the 6th and 9th...
1.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Eagle
36 min walk • Mount Eagle is a mountain in County Kerry, Ireland.
6.1 miNE
52°8'24"N • 10°16'42"W
Oceanworld Aquarium Dingle, Dingle
155 min walk • Aquarium, Zoo, Park
5.4 miE
Observation decks and towers, Tower
Eask Tower, Dingle
139 min walk • The Eask Tower is a solid stone tower on the top of Carhoo Hill, in County Kerry, Ireland, over-looking Dingle harbour.
0.6 miW
Archaeological site
Fahan
15 min walk • Fahan is an area on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, noted for a collection of clochán, or drystone beehive huts. Fahan lies below Mount Eagle on the southern coast of the Dingle peninsula, to the west of the fishing village of Ventry and to the east of the steep cliffs of Slea Head.
4.5 miN
Archaeological site
Reask
115 min walk • Reask is a ruined early Monastic site located 1 km east of Baile an Fheirtéaraigh, County Kerry, Ireland. Although nothing remains of the buildings but low walls and a cross-slab standing stone which sits in the middle of the compound.
4.9 miN
Prehistoric site
Ferriter's Cove
127 min walk • Ferriter's Cove is a small bay located at the westernmost point of Dingle Peninsula, in County Kerry, Ireland. It is in the Dún Urlainn parish and electoral division of the Dingle rural area.
5.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Gallarus Castle
140 min walk • Gallarus Castle is a four-storey rectangular tower house in Baile na nGall, County Kerry, Ireland and is notable as one of the few fortified structures preserved on the Dingle Peninsula.
5.7 miNE
Distillery
Dingle Distillery, Dingle
146 min walk • Dingle Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery established in 2012 and billing itself as an 'artisan' distillery. The distillery is located in a converted sawmill in Milltown on the outskirts of Dingle, in a Gaeltacht in the southwest of Ireland. The first whiskeys distilled and matured at the distillery were released in late 2016.
4.3 miW
Island
Beiginis
109 min walk • Beginish is one of the Blasket Islands of County Kerry, Ireland.
4.8 miNE
Archaeological site
St. Manchan's Oratory
123 min walk • St. Manchan's Oratory, also called An Teampall Geal is a medieval oratory and National Monument in County Kerry, Ireland.