Ballynaslee Ringfort

Ballynaslee Ringfort is an archaeological site in Kilkenny, Leinster. Ballynaslee Ringfort is situated near the archaeological site Seskin Ringfort, as well as near the cemetery Ballyconra graveyard.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St. Finan’s Well and Saint Brigid’s Well (site of).

St. Finan’s Well

Spring

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Finan’s Well is a spring, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Ballynaslee Ringfort.

Saint Brigid’s Well (site of)

Spring

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saint Brigid’s Well (site of) is a spring, which is situated 2½ km south of Ballynaslee Ringfort.

Barney Church

Ruins

Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.

Barney Church is a ruins, which is situated 2 km south of Ballynaslee Ringfort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballyragget and Durrow.

Castlecomer is the largest town in north County Kilkenny in southeast Ireland, with a population in 2022 of 1500. In Irish Caisleán an Chomair is "castle of the confluence", meaning the Norman castle at the confluence of the small rivers Dinin, Brocagh and Cloghogue. Ballyragget is situated 3½ km southeast of Ballynaslee Ringfort.

Durrow

Town

Photo: Peter Clarke, CC BY 3.0.

Durrow is a village located in south-east County Laois, Ireland. Bypassed by the M8 motorway on 28 May 2010, the village is located on the R639 road at its junction with the N77. Durrow is situated 4½ km northwest of Ballynaslee Ringfort.

Cullohill

Village

Photo: Sarah777, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois in the midlands of Ireland, with a population of 1770 in 2016. The abbey was Cistercian, founded in 1183 in the valley of the River Nore, and the original settlement grew up around it. Cullohill is situated 7 km west of Ballynaslee Ringfort.

Ballynaslee Ringfort

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.81095° or 52° 48′ 39″ north

Longitude

-7.36594° or 7° 21′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C4JRJ6M+9J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 531483881

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Seskin Ringfort and Ballyconra graveyard.

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