Fortress sights in Northern Ireland

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   Navan Fort

   • Armagh City, Ireland
   • Sights › Fortress

   Perched atop a drumlin a little over 3km west of Armagh is Navan Fort, the most important archaeological site in Ulster. It was probably a prehistoric provincial capital and ritual site, on a par with Tara in County Meath.

   The Irish name Emain Macha means 'the twins of Macha', Macha being the same mythical queen or goddess after whom Armagh itself is named (from Ard Macha, 'heights of Macha'). The site is linked in legend with the tales of Cúchulainn and named as capital of Ulster and the seat of the legendary Knights of the Red Branch.

   It was an important centre from around 1150 BC until the coming of Christianity; the discovery of the skull of a Barbary ape on the site…

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