Heapstown Cairn
Heapstown Cairn is a cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland.Photo: Wanfried-Dublin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castlebaldwin Castle.
Castlebaldwin Castle
Ruins
Photo: dougf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlebaldwin Castle is a ruins, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Heapstown Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riverstown and Geevagh.
Riverstown
Village
Photo: Zxcode, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Riverstown, historically called Ballyederdaowen, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Known for its musical tradition it is located at a bridging point of the River Unshin, 17 kilometres south of Sligo town and 4 km east of the N4 road. Riverstown is situated 5 km northwest of Heapstown Cairn.
Geevagh
Locality
Photo: Wsob, Public domain.
Geevagh is a village in the south-east corner of County Sligo, Ireland, on the R284 regional road. The name, meaning "the windy ", describes a climatic feature of the village and its surrounding countryside. Geevagh is situated 6 km east of Heapstown Cairn.
Ballinafad
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballinafad is a village in the south of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. The village overlooks Lough Arrow, and is itself overlooked by the ruins of Ballinafad Castle. Ballinafad is situated 8 km south of Heapstown Cairn.
Heapstown Cairn
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: passage tomb in County Sligo, Ireland
- Categories: cairn, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.09502° or 54° 5′ 42″ northLongitude
-8.34849° or 8° 20′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C6H3MW2+2JOpenStreetMap ID
way 772434275OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=cairnWikidata ID
Q1592353
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In Other Languages
“Heapstown Cairn” goes by many names.
- German: “Heapstown”
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Highlights include Killadoon Church and Tobernagrania.
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