Balleese Wood Quarry

Balleese Wood Quarry is a quarry in County Wicklow, Leinster. Balleese Wood Quarry is situated nearby to the manor estate Avondale House, as well as near the town Rathdrum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Avondale House and Rathdrum railway station.

Avondale House

Manor estate

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Avondale House is a Georgian house and the birthplace and home of Charles Stewart Parnell in Avondale, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is set in the Avondale Forest Park, spanning over 2 km2 of land, approximately 1.5 km from the nearby town of Rathdrum. Avondale House is situated 740 metres south of Balleese Wood Quarry.

Rathdrum railway station

Railway station

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Rathdrum railway station is a railway station in Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland. Rathdrum railway station is situated 1¼ km north of Balleese Wood Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathdrum and Ballinaclash.

Rathdrum

Town

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Rathdrum is a small town in County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated high on the western side of the Avonmore River valley, which flows through the Vale of Clara. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

Ballinaclash

Village

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Ballinaclash is a village in east County Wicklow, Ireland. Around 4 km south-west of Rathdrum, it is centred on a bridge that carries the R753 road across the River Avonbeg. Ballinaclash is situated 3 km southwest of Balleese Wood Quarry.

Greenan

Locality

Greenan is a village in County Wicklow, Ireland. Nearby are the towns of Rathdrum and Aughrim along with the glaciated valleys of Glendalough and Glenmalure. Greenan is situated 5 km west of Balleese Wood Quarry.

Balleese Wood Quarry

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.9197° or 52° 55′ 11″ north

Longitude

-6.2191° or 6° 13′ 9″ west

Elevation

89 metres (292 feet)

Open location code

9C4MWQ9J+V9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 145108624

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

12112571

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