Ballon Hill
Ballon Hill is a bronze age hilltop enclosure encompassing burial grounds located near the village of Ballon, County Carlow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ballykealy House and Aghade Holed Stone.
Ballykealy House
Hotel
Ballykealy House is a 19th-century great house and former estate in Ballon, County Carlow, Ireland.
Aghade Holed Stone
Archaeological site
Aghade Holed Stone or Cloghaphoill is a large holed stone and a national monument located two miles south of Tullow in Aghade, County Carlow, Ireland.
Altamont House
Building
Photo: Anna Maria 4574, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altamont House is a historic building best known for its ornamental gardens in County Carlow. The Robinsonian-style gardens are often referred to as "the jewel in Ireland's gardening crown".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballon and Ardattin.
Ballon
Village
Photo: Magnolia677, CC BY 4.0.
Ballon is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the N80 road near Carlow town.
Ardattin
Village
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardattin is a village and townland in County Carlow, Ireland, 6 km south of Tullow. It lies in the civil parish of Ardoyne in the historical barony of Forth.
Fennagh
Village
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fennagh, local name Fenagh, is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. 15 km south of Carlow town, it lies on the R724 road between Bagenalstown and Myshall. The nearest town is Bagenalstown, 7.5 km to the west.
Ballon Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 115 metres
- Description: low hill and Bronze age archaeological site in County Carlow
- Categories: hill, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: County Carlow, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.73924° or 52° 44′ 21″ northLongitude
-6.77592° or 6° 46′ 33″ westElevation
115 metres (377 feet)Open location code
9C4MP6QF+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 13114859534OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ballon Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ballon Hill”
- Dutch: “Ballon Hill”
- French: “Ballon Hill”
- Swedish: “Ballon Hill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cappagh Cross Roads and Bearnadrinnagh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Church of Saints Peter & Paul and Ballon Garda Station.
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