Ballyfoyle Moat
Ballyfoyle Moat is an archaeological site in Kilkenny, Leinster. Ballyfoyle Moat is situated nearby to the ruins Ballyfoyle Castle, as well as near the archaeological site Killavoge Church site.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Joseph’s Church and Dunmore Cave.
St Joseph’s Church
Church
Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Joseph’s Church is situated 1 km west of Ballyfoyle Moat.
Dunmore Cave
Cave
Photo: Jan-Philipp Litza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunmore Cave is a limestone solutional cave in Ballyfoyle, County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is formed in Lower Carboniferous limestone of the Clogrenan Formation. Dunmore Cave is situated 2½ km northwest of Ballyfoyle Moat.
Trinity Well
Spring
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trinity Well is a spring, which is situated 3½ km west of Ballyfoyle Moat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Johnswell and Castlewarren.
Johnswell
Locality
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Johnswell is a village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. On the village green is a powerful spring and well dedicated to John the Baptist which was traditionally the venue for a local "pattern" of note, while the moat north of the village was the site of St John's Eve bonfires. Johnswell is situated 4 km southeast of Ballyfoyle Moat.
Castlewarren
Village
Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlewarren, previously known as Buile, is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located some 4 kilometres north of the N10 national primary road at Flagmount. Castlewarren is situated 8 km southeast of Ballyfoyle Moat.
Castlecomer
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
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.
Ballyfoyle Moat
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.72284° or 52° 43′ 22″ northLongitude
-7.21812° or 7° 13′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C4JPQFJ+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 531488534OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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