Rath Turtle Moat
Rath Turtle Moat is a ringwork and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland.Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blessington GAA and St Mary’s Church.
Blessington GAA
Sports venue
Blessington Gaelic Athletic Association is a Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football club based in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. Blessington GAA is situated 1¼ km east of Rath Turtle Moat.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mary's Church is a Church of Ireland church located in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. The church was built by Michael Boyle, Archbishop of Armagh in the 1670s and 1680s, and dedicated on 17 September 1683. St Mary’s Church is situated 2 km southeast of Rath Turtle Moat.
St. Mark’s Cross
Cross
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Mark's Cross is a high cross and National Monument located in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. St. Mark’s Cross is situated 2½ km southeast of Rath Turtle Moat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blessington and Rathmore.
Blessington
Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blessington is a small town in County Wicklow, with a population in 2022 of about 5600. It's west of the Wicklow mountains and this part of the county is low-lying and rural.
Rathmore
Hamlet
Rathmore, a village, civil parish and District electoral division in County Kildare, Ireland, is located at the western edge of the Wicklow Mountains in the barony of Naas North. Rathmore is situated 4 km north of Rath Turtle Moat.
Lacken
Hamlet
Lacken or Lackan is a townland and small village in the west of County Wicklow, Ireland, located on the shores of the Blessington lakes and western edge of the Wicklow Mountains. Lacken is situated 6 km southeast of Rath Turtle Moat.
Rath Turtle Moat
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Ringfort in Wicklow, Ireland
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Kildare, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.17938° or 53° 10′ 46″ northLongitude
-6.55794° or 6° 33′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C5M5CHR+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 252905210OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q28232070
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In Other Languages
“Rath Turtle Moat” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Ráth Torcaill”
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Highlights include Glen Ding Wood and Deer Park Plantation.
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