Ballycore Rath

Ballycore Rath is an archaeological site in County Wicklow, Leinster. Ballycore Rath is situated nearby to the village Timolin, as well as near Moone.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moone Abbey and Moone High Cross.

Moone Abbey

Ruins

Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moone Abbey is a ruins, which is situated 3 km southwest of Ballycore Rath.

Moone High Cross is a high cross and national monument reputedly dating from the eighth century located in Moone, County Kildare, Ireland. At 17.5 feet high it is the second tallest high cross in Ireland, and also one of the best preserved of its kind. Moone High Cross is situated 3 km southwest of Ballycore Rath.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Timolin and Moone.

Timolin

Village

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Timolin is a village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is located off the R448 road, the former N9 road about 80 km south of Dublin. It is a small village, with less than a hundred inhabitants, one shop and two pubs.

Moone

Village

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Moone is a small village in the south of County Kildare, Ireland. It is 55 km south-west of Dublin city centre. It has only a few hundred inhabitants, a church, a national school, one shop and a small community centre. Moone is situated 2½ km southwest of Ballycore Rath.

Ballitore

Village

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Ballitore is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, sometimes spelt as Ballytore. It is noted for its historical Quaker associations. It was the first planned Quaker village in either England or Ireland - and remains the only one in Europe. Ballitore is situated 3 km northwest of Ballycore Rath.

Ballycore Rath

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.99057° or 52° 59′ 26″ north

Longitude

-6.78805° or 6° 47′ 17″ west

Open location code

9C4MX6R6+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1381519934

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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