Lisheen

Lisheen is an archaeological site in County Sligo, Connacht. Lisheen is situated nearby to the ruins Carrigans Hotel, as well as near the archaeological site Druid’s Altar.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lower Rosses Lighthouse and Lissadell House.

Lower Rosses Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lower Rosses Lighthouse is situated 4 km southeast of Lisheen.

Lissadell House is a neo-classical Greek revivalist style country house in County Sligo, Ireland. The house was built between 1830 and 1835 for Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet by London architect Francis Goodwin. Lissadell House is situated 3 km east of Lisheen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosses Point and Carney.

Rosses Point

Photo: Gerry Gallagher, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rosses Point is a village in County Sligo with a population of 900 in 2022. It's a fishing village at the outflow of Sligo Bay, and "Ross" means the peninsula between that and Drumcliffe Bay further north.

Carney

Locality

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carney is a village on the Maugherow Peninsula in County Sligo, Ireland. It is 8 km north of Sligo town. Carney is situated 6 km east of Lisheen.

Grange

Village

Photo: Brian Herrity, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grange is a village on the N15 road in County Sligo, Ireland. It is located between Benbulben mountain and the Atlantic Ocean. Streedagh, a townland near Grange, is the location of a large sandy beach, three Spanish Armada wrecks, and a salt water lagoon that is an area of Special Conservation. Grange is situated 8 km northeast of Lisheen.

Lisheen

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

54.34813° or 54° 20′ 53″ north

Longitude

-8.62412° or 8° 37′ 27″ west

Open location code

9C6H89XG+79

OpenStreetMap ID

way 805978593

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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