High Wood

High Wood is a forest in County Westmeath, Leinster. High Wood is situated nearby to the locality Lismoyny, as well as near Tara.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Durrow Abbey and Clara.

Durrow Abbey

Archaeological site

Photo: Dalenevada, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland. It is located off the N52 some 5 miles from Tullamore. Largely undisturbed, the site is an early medieval monastic complex of ecclesiastical and secular monuments, visible and sub-surface.

Clara

Railway station

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clara railway station serves the town of Clara in County Offaly. The station lies on the Dublin to Galway and Dublin to Westport or Ballina line.

St Brigid’s Church of Ireland Church

Church

Photo: Trenchspike, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clara and Kilbeggan.

Clara

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Clara is a town in County Offaly in the midlands of Ireland. It's on the main Dublin-Galway railway and has become a commuter town for the capital, with a population of 3400 in 2022. Its main sight, 2 km south, is the wetland of Clara Bog.

Kilbeggan

Town

Photo: Adlo1981, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kilbeggan is a town in County Westmeath, Ireland.

Durrow

Village

Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Durrow is a small rural village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland. Durrow is located on the N52 off the N6 road between Kilbeggan and Tullamore. Durrow Abbey, surrounded by woods, is one of Ireland's most important early Christian monasteries founded by Saint Colmcille.

High Wood

Type: Forest
Location: County Westmeath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.3468° or 53° 20′ 48″ north

Longitude

-7.5616° or 7° 33′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C5J8CWQ+P9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 264309717

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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