Castle ruins
Castle ruins is a ruins in County Meath, Leinster. Castle ruins is situated nearby to the forest Orchard Wood, as well as near Kilmainham Attenuation Pond.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Headfort House and Kells Round Tower.
Headfort House
School
Headfort House is a large country house on the southern outskirts of Kells in County Meath, Ireland. Headfort House is situated 1¼ km north of Castle ruins.
Kells Round Tower
Photo: Joikoi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kells Round Tower is a round tower in Kells, County Meath in Ireland. The tower, and the high crosses nearby, are National Monuments. Kells Round Tower is situated 2½ km west of Castle ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kells and Carlanstown.
Kells
Photo: Sitomon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kells is a town in County Meath, about 65 km north of Dublin, with a population in 2022 of 6600. "Kil-" or "Kells" denotes the cell or abode of a monk, so it's a common placename, but this is the one that for 800 years housed the Book of Kells.
Carlanstown
Village
Carlanstown is a village and townland in County Meath, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, there were 664 people living in the village. Carlanstown is located approximately 4 km northeast of the larger town of Kells, County Meath on the N52 road. Carlanstown is situated 4 km north of Castle ruins.
Gibstown
Hamlet
Baile Ghib is a small village and Gaeltacht in County Meath, Ireland. It is about 70km northwest of Dublin. The Baile Ghib Gaeltacht was founded in 1937 when 52 families were settled on land previously acquired by the Irish Land Commission, followed by a further 9 families in 1939 who settled in Clongill. Gibstown is situated 7 km east of Castle ruins.
Castle ruins
- Type: Ruins
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: County Meath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.72269° or 53° 43′ 22″ northLongitude
-6.84392° or 6° 50′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C5MP5F4+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 1302198929OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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Highlights include Orchard Wood and Kilmainham Attenuation Pond.
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