Navan Fort is an ancient ceremonial monument near Armagh, Northern Ireland. According to tradition it was one of the great royal sites of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland and the capital of the Ulaidh. It
Navan Fort or Eamhain Mhacha
Navan Fort seen from the outer bank, the 40-metre mound in the background
Small-scale reconstruction of the circular building that once sat on the site of the mound
Reconstructed roundhouse at the Navan Fort centre
Ulaid or Ulaidh was a Gaelic over-kingdom in north-eastern Ireland during the Middle Ages made up of a confederation of dynastic groups. Alternative names include Ulidia, which is the Latin form of Ul
Navan Fort
…monument near Armagh, Northern Ireland. According to tradition it was one of the great royal sites of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland and the capital of the Ulaidh. It is a large circular hilltop enclosure—marked by a bank and ditch—inside which is a circular mound and the remains of a ring barrow. Archeological…
The burial site of St. Patrick at Downpatrick, County Down