Castlebaldwin
Castlebaldwin or Bellanagarrigeeny is a townland and small village in County Sligo, Ireland. The castle outside the village of Castlebaldwin is a fortified 17th-century house rather than a medieval castle, with gun slits in the walls and a machicolation over the door.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: townland & village in Connacht, Ireland
- Also known as: “Bellanagarrigeeny”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castlebaldwin Castle and Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery.
Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery
Archaeological site
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Carrowkeel is a cluster of passage tombs in south County Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic era. The monuments are on the Bricklieve Hills, overlooking Lough Arrow, and are sometimes called the Bricklieve tombs. Carrowkeel Megalithic Cemetery is situated 2½ km south of Castlebaldwin.
Heapstown Cairn
Archaeological site
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Heapstown Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Heapstown Cairn is situated 2½ km northeast of Castlebaldwin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverstown and Ballinafad.
Riverstown
Village
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Riverstown, historically called Ballyederdaowen, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Known for its musical tradition it is located at a bridging point of the River Unshin, 17.2 km south of Sligo town and 4 km east of the N4 road. Riverstown is situated 6 km north of Castlebaldwin.
Ballinafad
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballinafad is a village in the south of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. The village overlooks Lough Arrow, and is itself overlooked by the ruins of Ballinafad Castle. Ballinafad is situated 6 km southeast of Castlebaldwin.
Geevagh
Locality
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Geevagh is a village in the south-east corner of County Sligo, Ireland, on the R284 regional road. The name, meaning "the windy ", describes a climatic feature of the village and its surrounding countryside. Geevagh is situated 8 km east of Castlebaldwin.
Castlebaldwin
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.07955° or 54° 4′ 46″ northLongitude
-8.37634° or 8° 22′ 35″ westElevation
72 metres (236 feet)Open location code
9C6H3JHF+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 52246746OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Castlebaldwin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Castlebaldwin”
- Dutch: “Castlebaldwin”
- Georgian: “კასლბოლდვინი”
- Irish: “Béal Átha na gCarraigíní”
- Irish: “Béal Átha na gCarraigní”
- Russian: “Касл-Болдвин”
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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 “Castlebaldwin”. Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.