Caltragh

Caltragh is an archaeological site in County Sligo, Connacht. Caltragh is situated nearby to the ruins Ruin, as well as near the archaeological site Cummeen Court Cairn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cummeen Court Cairn and Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station.

Cummeen Court Cairn

Archaeological site

Cummeen Court Cairn is a court cairn and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland. Cummeen Court Cairn is situated 620 metres northwest of Caltragh.

Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station

Railway station

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Sligo railway station, also known as MacDiarmada station, is a mainline railway station which serves the town of Sligo in County Sligo, Ireland. It is a terminal station which now has two platforms and an intermediate carriage siding. Sligo Mac Diarmada railway station is situated 2½ km east of Caltragh.

Carrowmore

Archaeological site

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Carrowmore is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic. Carrowmore is situated 2½ km south of Caltragh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sligo and Ballincar.

Sligo

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Sligo is the principal town in County Sligo in Northwest Ireland & Lakelands. In 2022 it had a population of 21,000, with the service sector the main employer.

Ballincar

Hamlet

Ballincar is a small village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland. The townland is in the civil parish of Drumcliff, and has an area of approximately 1.6 square kilometres. Ballincar is situated 3 km northeast of Caltragh.

Knocknahur

Locality

Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Knocknahur, also known as Ransboro, is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes examples of ringforts, souterrains and enclosures in the neighbouring townlands of Knocknahur North and Knocknahur South. Knocknahur is situated 3½ km south of Caltragh.

Caltragh

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Sligo, Connacht, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.27417° or 54° 16′ 27″ north

Longitude

-8.51845° or 8° 31′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C6H7FFJ+MJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 777689939

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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