Gorteens
Gorteens is a locality in County Wexford, Leinster. Gorteens is situated nearby to the village Saltmills, as well as near the locality Newtown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tintern Abbey and Colclough Walled Garden.
Tintern Abbey
Photo: Audrius Janecka, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tintern Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located on the Hook Peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. The Abbey – which is today in ruins, some of which have been restored – was founded in c.1200 by William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, as the result of a vow he had made when his boat was caught in a storm nearby.
Fethard Castle
Ruins
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Fethard Castle is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km south of Gorteens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saltmills and Fethard-on-Sea.
Saltmills
Village
Photo: John, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saltmills is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland. The village is located at the head of a small inlet that enters Bannow Bay. The village received its name from the medieval mills that existed just outside the village.
Fethard-on-Sea
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Fethard-on-Sea is a village on the coast of County Wexford in Ireland. With a population in 2022 of 363, it's the largest of the villages on Hook Peninsula, also described here. They include Saltmines, Duncannon and Ballyhack.
Duncannon
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duncannon is a village in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. Bordered to the west by Waterford harbour and sitting on a rocky headland jutting into the channel is the strategically prominent Duncannon Fort which dominates the village. Duncannon is situated 7 km west of Gorteens.
Gorteens
- Type: Locality
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.21694° or 52° 13′ 1″ northLongitude
-6.83694° or 6° 50′ 13″ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
9C4M6587+Q6GeoNames ID
3301828
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