Slade Castle
Slade Castle is a tower house and National Monument in County Wexford, Ireland. It is located in the village of Slade on the Hook Peninsula and primarily dates to the late 15th or early 16th century.Photo: Ianfhunter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Ruins
- Description: tower house in County Wexford, Ireland
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hook Lighthouse and St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula.
Hook Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Athena Flickr, CC BY 2.0.
The Hook Lighthouse is a building situated on Hook Head at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, in Ireland. It is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world and the second oldest operating lighthouse in the world, after the Tower of Hercules in Spain. Hook Lighthouse is situated 1½ km southwest of Slade Castle.
St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula is situated 1¼ km west of Slade Castle.
Loftus Hall
House
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loftus Hall is a large country house on the Hook peninsula, County Wexford, Ireland. Built on the site of the original Redmond Hall, it is said to have been haunted by the devil and the ghost of a woman. Loftus Hall is situated 1½ km north of Slade Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slade and Hook Point.
Slade
Village
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Slade is a small village and townland in County Wexford, Ireland. The townland, which has an area of approximately 1 square kilometre, sits on the Hook Peninsula and had a population of 52 people as of the 2011 census.
Hook Point
Locality
Photo: Dmgaerial, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hook Head, historically called Rindowan, is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland, on the east side of the estuary of The Three Sisters. It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townland of Loftus Hall.
Creaden Head
Locality
Photo: Nmwalsh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Creadan Head is a headland on a small peninsula on the west side of Waterford Harbour, about three miles upriver from Dunmore East, in County Waterford, Ireland. Creaden Head is situated 6 km northwest of Slade Castle.
Slade Castle
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.13384° or 52° 8′ 2″ northLongitude
-6.91064° or 6° 54′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C4M43MQ+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 252807663OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q26914035
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Slade Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Slade gaztelua”
- Danish: “Slade Castle”
- Galician: “Castelo de Slade”
- German: “Slade Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán an tSláid”
- Irish: “Caisleán an tSlaoda”
- Irish: “Caisleán an tSlaoid”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Слейд”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pillars and Duffin’s Well.
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