Neds Point Fort
Neds Point Fort is a fort in County Donegal. It stands inside Buncrana’s urban area. Close by, Fort Dunree Military Museum is 8 km away.
Fort in Buncrana
Inside Buncrana
Neds Point Fort is inside Buncrana’s urban area. Towns near it ↓
Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
From June to August, Buncrana sees highs of 17–18°C.
Neds Point Fort
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 3 languages.
- Type
- Fort
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Buncrana
Neds Point Fort at a glance
Orange: Neds Point Fort.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Buncrana’s urban area. · CSO 2022 outline
Which town is nearest
Home to 6,971 people, Buncrana is the largest of these 8. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Buncrana
Rathmullan
Fahan
Tievebane
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Neds Point Fort is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buncrana | It’s in town | 6,971 | 3 |
| Rathmullan | 4.7 km southwest of it | 528 | 3 |
| Fahan | 6 km south of it | 589 | 4 |
| Tievebane | 8.9 km south of it | 495 | 6 |
| Burnfoot | 10 km southeast of it | 413 | 5 |
| Carrowkeel | 12 km west of it | 389 | 2 |
| Bridge End | 13 km southeast of it | 373 | 4 |
| Clonmany | 14 km north of it | 569 | 1 |
What else is near Neds Point Fort
Also within 15 km are 2 castles, 2 gardens and a museum.
MuseumFort Dunree Military Museum8 km away2CastleCastleInch Castle10 km away3Natural landscapeNatural landscapeInch Wildfowl Reserve10 km away4GardenGardenGreenfort11 km away5ZooZooWild Ireland13 km away6FortFortGrianán of Aileach13 km away7GardenGardenIOSAS Centre13 km away8CastleCastleDunree Head7.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Neds Point Fort: questions
Where is Neds Point Fort?
Neds Point Fort is in Buncrana, Donegal, inside the town’s urban area.
What is Neds Point Fort?
Fort in County Donegal, Ireland.
How well known is Neds Point Fort?
Neds Point Fort has 3 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #426 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit Neds Point Fort?
June to August are the warmest months in Buncrana, with afternoon highs of 17–18°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Neds Point Fort?
Within 15 km: Fort Dunree Military Museum (8 km), Inch Castle (10 km), Inch Wildfowl Reserve (10 km) and Greenfort (11 km).
Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Neds Point Fort: Paddyhickey~commonswiki, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Dunree Military Museum: Irishhistoricalgamer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).