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Dun Eoghanachta is a prehistoric circular fort on the island of Inishmore in Ireland’s Aran Islands. Magnificent and remarkably well-preserved, it is one of the island’s major attractions. Although we still know too little about the history of the building, the fort is thought to date from the Iron Age, like the Dun Aengus fort also built on Inishmore.

Visit the Dun Eoghanachta

An increasingly popular ringfort

Admittedly, Dun Eoghanachta is not the best-known building on the island of Inishmore… Nevertheless, the quality of its construction and its current state of repair make it increasingly popular with tourists.

This impressive structure takes the form of a circle of piled-up stones, several metres high. It was built on a rather stony site, on a constantly eroding limestone plateau.

It once served as a defensive fort for the local population. It also had the advantage of being protected from the weather, cold and wind, which are very active on Inishmore.

Today, the site is being rehabilitated to enable visitors to discover Dun Eoghanachta without altering its construction.

The visit is free and takes you back to prehistoric Ireland, to the Iron Age. A beautiful construction, still rich in mysteries, which should delight the curious and lovers of ancestral archaeological sites!

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