Tullyhogue Fort, Cookstown

#4 among attractions in Cookstown

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Tullyhogue Fort, also spelt Tullaghoge or Tullahoge, is large mound on the outskirts of Tullyhogue village near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It has a depressed centre and is surrounded by trees. It is an ancient ceremonial site where the Chiefs of the Clan O'Neill of Tyrone were inaugurated. ()

Coordinates: 54°36'36"N, 6°43'23"W

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Cookstown United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Springhill House, Drum Manor Forest Park, Lissan House, Killymoon Castle.

5.9 miNE
Historical place, Reportedly haunted, History museum
Springhill House, Magherafelt
151 min walk • Springhill is a 17th-century plantation house in the townland of Ballindrum near Moneymore, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. It has been the property of the National Trust since 1957 and, in addition to the house, gardens and park, there is a costume collection and a purported ghost.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Drum Manor Forest Park, Cookstown
120 min walk • Drum Manor Forest Park is a forest in Northern Ireland, south of the Sperrin Mountains and west of Lough Neagh. It was bought from a private owner in 1964 and opened to the public in 1970.
5.3 miN
Museum, History museum
Lissan House
135 min walk • Lissan House is a historic house and tourist attraction in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, that was the seat of the Staples baronets.
1.8 miN
Forts and castles
Killymoon Castle, Cookstown
46 min walk • Killymoon Castle is a castle situated about one mile south east of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the north bank of the Ballinderry River.
2 miNW
Archaeological site
Gortalowry, Cookstown
52 min walk • Gortalowry is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Dungannon Upper and the civil parish of Derryloran and covers an area of 281 acres.
5.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Mountjoy Castle
149 min walk • Mountjoy Castle is situated near the village of Brockagh, in Magheralamfield townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on a hill overlooking Lough Neagh.
5.5 miN
Church
Lissan
140 min walk • Lissan is a civil and Anglican and Roman Catholic ecclesiastical parish that spans parts of County Londonderry and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The local Roman Catholic church was built in 1908.
2.8 miN
54°38'51"N • 6°44'53"W
Cookstown Library, Cookstown
71 min walk • Library
4.3 miS
Canal
Dukart's Canal
111 min walk • Dukart's Canal was built to provide transport for coal from the Drumglass Collieries to the Coalisland Canal in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. It opened in 1777, and used three inclined planes, rather than locks, to cope with changes in level.
2.8 miSW
54°34'23"N • 6°45'7"W
Roughan Castle
72 min walk • Forts and castles
4.9 miNE
Sport, Sport venue
Hagan Park
126 min walk • Hagan Park is the home of IFA Championship team Coagh United. It is situated in the village of Coagh in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.