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Looking for Irish beauty spots loaded with history? The Dingle Peninsula has all that, and more.

This most northerly of the three hilly promontories of County Kerry which jut out into the Atlantic stretches for some 30 miles (48 kilometers) westward from Tralee. Within its relatively small area are more antiquities and historic sites than in any other part of the country.

Ring Forts

Perhaps most interesting sights on the peninsula are the ring forts. Archaeologists believe they were constructed by the Danes sometime around 800 A.D. Usually set on headlands facing the sea, their stones fitted upon each other so precisely that mortar was unnecessary. Some of the forts were built with multiple concentric walls; others relied upon only one thick wall for defense. Most of them incorporated stone-lined underground passageways leading up to caves in the hills behind the fortifications. Primarily used as escape routes and hiding passages, these souterrains sometimes served a much more mundane purpose -- for storage of milk products.

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