Castle Rock

Castle Rock is an archaeological site in County Wicklow, Leinster. Castle Rock is situated nearby to St. Kevin’s Church, as well as near the village Hollywood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Piper’s Stones and Poulaphouca Reservoir.

Piper’s Stones

Archaeological site

Photo: Rob Hurson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Piper's Stones or the Athgreany stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle at Athgreany, County Wicklow. It sits on a low hillock overlooking the N81, 2 km south of Hollywood. Piper’s Stones is situated 2½ km southwest of Castle Rock.

Poulaphouca Reservoir

Power station

Photo: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Poulaphouca Reservoir, officially Pollaphuca, is an active reservoir and area of wild bird conservation in west County Wicklow, Ireland named after the Poulaphouca waterfall on its south-western end where the water exits the lake. Poulaphouca Reservoir is situated 3½ km north of Castle Rock.

Crehelp standing stone

Archaeological site

Photo: Andrewmc, CC BY 3.0.

Crehelp standing stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km southwest of Castle Rock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hollywood and Valleymount.

Hollywood

Village

Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.

Hollywood is a village in west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is 15 km south of Naas on the Wicklow Gap road near its junction with the N81 road. A population of less than 100 people registered in the 2002 Census, though the community draws from a larger area which consists of about 500 people.

Valleymount

Village

Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Valleymount is a small village in western County Wicklow, Ireland. The name 'Valleymount' does not appear before 1839. Previously, the village was known as 'the Cross of Ballymore' or simply 'the Cross', with 'cross' referring to land belonging to the church. Valleymount is situated 5 km east of Castle Rock.

Ballyknockan

Village

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballyknockan or Ballynockan is a village and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland. The village is known for its granite quarries which were the site of intensive industry from 1824 until the mid-20th century. Ballyknockan is situated 7 km east of Castle Rock.

Castle Rock

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Wicklow, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.09078° or 53° 5′ 27″ north

Longitude

-6.59716° or 6° 35′ 50″ west

Open location code

9C5M3CR3+84

OpenStreetMap ID

way 661242006

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Highlights include St. Kevin’s Church and Church of St Kevin.

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