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Navan Fort

Emain Macha, County Armagh

The ancient capital of Ulster, home of Cú Chulainn's Red Branch Knights.

Navan Fort, or Emain Macha, was the royal capital of Ulster in the legends, home of King Conchobar and the Red Branch warriors. Archaeologists found that around 95 BC an enormous timber building was put up here, then filled with stones and deliberately burned.

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When
Iron Age
Where
54.3480, -6.6970
Group
Legends

Visiting

Free to walk the earthworks. A visitor centre is nearby.

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