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Ballinskelligs Castle
🇮🇪 Irlanda · siglo XVI
Ballinskelligs Castle is a castle located near Ballinskelligs on the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The castle is situated on the western shore of Ballinskelligs Bay, on a narrow promontory which is subject to heavy erosion. The castle was constructed by the MacCarthy Mórs in the 16th century to protect the bay from pirates, and possibly in order to charge a tariff on incoming trade vessels.
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Ballinskelligs Castle ranks #3766 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #98 of the 107 mapped in Irlanda. Fundado en ca. 1550, más antiguo que el 44% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 495 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.
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