Rath Turtle Moat

Rath Turtle Moat is a ringwork and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland.

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

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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.

Bride’s Well

Spring

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Bride’s Well is a spring, which is situated 2 km west of Rath Turtle Moat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blessington and Rathmore.

Blessington

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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″ north

Longitude

-6.55794° or 6° 33′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C5M5CHR+QR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 252905210

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q28232070

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In Other Languages

“Rath Turtle Moat” goes by many names.

Irish: “Ráth Torcaill”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Glen Ding Wood and Deer Park Plantation.

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