Polltoophill
Polltoophill is a sinkhole in County Galway, Connacht. Polltoophill is situated nearby to the ruins Kiltartan Castle, as well as near Kiltartan Millennium Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kiltartan Castle and Thoor Ballylee.
Kiltartan Castle
Ruins
Photo: dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kiltartan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Kiltartan Castle is situated 210 metres south of Polltoophill.
Thoor Ballylee
Castle
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thoor Ballylee Castle is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. Thoor Ballylee is situated 2½ km northeast of Polltoophill.
Coole Park
Photo: Dr Charles Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coole Park is a nature reserve of approximately 1,000 acres located a few miles west of Gort, County Galway, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service, part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gort and Ardrahan.
Gort
Town
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gort is a town in County Galway in the west of Ireland, with a population of 2900 in 2022. It's in low-lying farming country but is at the edge of the bare limestone plateau of the Burren. Gort is situated 3 km south of Polltoophill.
Ardrahan
Village
Photo: Fractal Angel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardrahan is a village and civil parish in County Galway, Ireland. Ardrahan is situated 7 km north of Polltoophill.
Shanaglish
Village
Shanaglish is a village in the parish of Beagh in the south of County Galway, Ireland, close to the border with County Clare. The name Shanaglish comes from the Gaelic 'Sean Eaglais', meaning 'old church'. Shanaglish is situated 9 km south of Polltoophill.
Polltoophill
- Type: Sinkhole
- Category: landform
- Location: County Galway, Connacht, West Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.09216° or 53° 5′ 32″ northLongitude
-8.80793° or 8° 48′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C5H35RR+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 3021147377OpenStreetMap feature
natural=sinkhole
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Polltoophill” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Poll Tuathail”
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Highlights include Kiltartan Millennium Park and Ballynamantan Lough.
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