Newtown Castle
Newtown Castle is a 16th-century tower house, located close to the village of Ballyvaughan within the Burren area of County Clare, Ireland. Uniquely for a tower house of its type in Ireland, it is cylindrical in shape above a square pyramidal base.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burren College of Art and Aillwee Cave.
Burren College of Art
University
Burren College of Art is an Irish non-profit independent art college specialising in undergraduate and graduate Fine Art education, located in Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland.
Aillwee Cave
Cave
Photo: MarvinVells, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aillwee Cave is a cave system in the karst landscape of the Burren in County Clare, Ireland. The name Aillwee is derived from the Irish Aill Bhuí which means "yellow cliff". Aillwee Cave is situated 2½ km southeast of Newtown Castle.
St John the Baptist’s Church
Church
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St John the Baptist’s Church is situated 1½ km northeast of Newtown Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballyvaughan and Burren.
Ballyvaughan
Photo: Cqui, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ballyvaughan is a village in County Clare, overlooking Galway Bay on the west coast of Ireland. With a population of 360 in 2022, it's a tiny straggling place but a good base for exploring the Burren region. Discover Ballyvaughan is the village website.
Burren
Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Burren is a large area of northern County Clare, in the west of Ireland, with karst landscape - a great bare limestone sheet sculpted by water action.
Murroogh
Locality
Murroogh, sometimes named Murrooghtoohy or Murroghtwohy, is a hamlet in County Clare, Ireland. It covers the townlands of Murrooghtoohy North and Murrooghtoohy South. Murroogh is situated 8 km northwest of Newtown Castle.
Newtown Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Co. Clare, Ireland
- Categories: tower house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.10386° or 53° 6′ 14″ northLongitude
-9.16929° or 9° 10′ 10″ westElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Levels
5Open location code
9C5G4R3J+G7OpenStreetMap ID
way 902784488OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Newtown Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Newtown Castle”
- German: “Newtown Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán an Bhaile Nua”
- Irish: “Caisleán An Bhaile Nua”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Ньютаун”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Newtown Castle”. Photo: Imehling, CC BY-SA 3.0.