Navan Centre & Fort Review

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Navan Centre & Fort

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Just outside Armagh, Navan Centre & Fort is Ulster's Camelot—the region's ancient capital. Excavations date evidence of activity going back to 700 BC. The fort has strong associations with figures of Irish history. Legend has it that thousands of years ago this was the site of the palace of Queen Macha; subsequent tales call it the barracks of the legendary Ulster warrior Cuchulainn and his Red Branch Knights. Remains dating from 94 BC are particularly intriguing: a great conical structure, 120 feet in diameter, was formed from five concentric circles made of 275 wooden posts, with a 276th, about 12 yards high, situated in the center. In a ritual whose meaning is not known, it was filled with brushwood and set on fire.

  • Cost: £5
  • Open: June-Aug., Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. noon-5; Apr., May and Sept., Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. noon-5
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