Oldcastle
Oldcastle is a town in County Meath in central Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1400. The reason to visit is the collection of prehistoric tombs at Loughcrew Cairns, which are as fine as those at better-known Newgrange but even older, and without the tourist hordes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 1,380 residents
- Description: town in County Meath, Ireland
- Also known as: “Olcastle” and “Oldcastle, County Meath”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loughcrew and Slieve na Calliagh.
Loughcrew
Photo: Haydn.hammerton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Loughcrew or Lough Crew is an area of historical importance near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. It is home to a group of ancient tombs from the 4th millennium BC, some decorated with rare megalithic art, which sit on top of a range of hills. Loughcrew is situated 4½ km southeast of Oldcastle.
Slieve na Calliagh
Peak
Photo: Bill Griffiths, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Slieve na Calliagh are a range of hills and ancient burial site near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. The summit is 276 metres, the highest point in the county. Slieve na Calliagh is situated 4½ km southeast of Oldcastle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drumone.
Drumone
Locality
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drumone is a small village and townland in western County Meath, Ireland. Drumone townland is within the civil parish of Moylagh, County Meath. The local Catholic church is dedicated to St. Drumone is situated 6 km south of Oldcastle.
Oldcastle
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Meath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.7693° or 53° 46′ 9″ northLongitude
-7.1625° or 7° 9′ 45″ westPopulation
1,380Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE NOVOpen location code
9C5JQR9P+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 52219743OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Oldcastle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Oldcastle (Meath konderria)”
- Basque: “Oldcastle”
- Bulgarian: “Оулдкасъл”
- Catalan: “Oldcastle”
- Cebuano: “Oldcastle”
- Czech: “Oldcastle”
- Dutch: “Oldcastle”
- French: “Oldcastle”
- German: “Oldcastle”
- Irish: “An Seanchaisleán”
- Italian: “Oldcastle”
- Manx: “An Seanchaisleán”
- Polish: “Oldcastle”
- Russian: “Олдкасл”
- Slovak: “Oldcastle”
- Spanish: “Oldcastle”
- Swedish: “Oldcastle”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Oldcastle”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.