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Dun Aengus
🇮🇪 Ireland
Dún Aonghasa (unofficial anglicised version Dun Aengus) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high (330 ft) cliff.
A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is also an important archaeological site.
Text adapted from “Dún Aonghasa” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dun Aengus ranks #9 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 168 mapped in Ireland. See how Ireland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Dun Aengus?
Dun Aengus stands in Ireland, at 53.12591°, -9.76636°.
How famous is Dun Aengus?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #9 of 6,412 worldwide, and #1 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 Dun Aengus?
Dún Dúchathair, about 6 km away.
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