Cranabonane Fort

Cranabonane Fort is an archaeological site in County Carlow, Leinster. Cranabonane Fort is situated nearby to the village Ballinabranagh, as well as near Old Leighlin.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leighlinbridge Castle and St Laserian’s Cathedral.

Leighlinbridge Castle

Ruins

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Leighlinbridge Castle, also called Black Castle, is in the village of Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland, on the River Barrow. The early castle was built c.1181 for the Normans. Leighlinbridge Castle is situated 2½ km south of Cranabonane Fort.

St Laserian's Cathedral, Old Leighlin, previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Leighlin, is now one of the six cathedral churches in the Diocese of Cashel and Ossory of the Church of Ireland. St Laserian’s Cathedral is situated 4 km southwest of Cranabonane Fort.

Milford Mills

Electrical generator

Photo: liam murphy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milford Mills is an 18th-century watermill which sits on the banks of the River Barrow at Milford, County Carlow. Originally built as a flour mill and malting house, it was later employed as a hydroelectric power station. Milford Mills is situated 3 km north of Cranabonane Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leighlinbridge and Ballinabranagh.

Leighlinbridge

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Leighlinbridge is a town in County Carlow, with an ancient bridge over the River Barrow that's still in use. It stood astride the main Dublin-Waterford road until bypassed in the 1980s. In 2022 its population was less than 1,000.

Ballinabranagh

Village

Photo: kevin higgins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ballinabranna or Ballinabrannagh is a small village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located approximately 8 kilometres south of Carlow and 5 kilometres from Junction 6 of the M9 motorway. Ballinabranagh is situated 3 km north of Cranabonane Fort.

Old Leighlin

Village

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Old Leighlin, also Oldleighlin, is a village, civil parish and townland in County Carlow, Ireland. The village is 3.5 km west of Leighlinbridge. The site was at one time one of the foremost monastic houses in Leinster, with 1,500 monks in residence. Old Leighlin is situated 4 km southwest of Cranabonane Fort.

Cranabonane Fort

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

52.75758° or 52° 45′ 27″ north

Longitude

-6.97851° or 6° 58′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C4MQ25C+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 780910439

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saint Brigid’s Graveyard Tomard and St. Bridget’s Well.

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