Fortress
Caherconree
🇮🇪 Ireland
Caherconree (Irish: Cathair Conraoi, meaning ''Cú Roí’s stone fort') at 835 metres (2,740 ft), is the 20th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 27th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Caherconree is the 2nd-highest mountain in the Slieve Mish Mountains in the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland, and one of its southerly spurs is the site of an ancient stone promontory fort, which is a protected National Monument.
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Caherconree ranks #3,338 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #48 of the 172 mapped in Ireland. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Limerick, 99 km away. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Caherconree?
Caherconree stands in Ireland, at 52.19722°, -9.86278°.
How famous is Caherconree?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,338 of 7,738 worldwide, and #48 in Ireland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Caherconree?
Ballymalis Castle, about 17 km away.
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