Kirkistown Castle
Kirkistown Castle is a tower house situated near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland.Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirkistown Circuit.
Kirkistown Circuit
Sports venue
Kirkistown Motor Racing Circuit is a permanent motorsport circuit located between the villages of Kirkistown and Portavogie, on the Ards Peninsula of County Down in Northern Ireland. Kirkistown Circuit is situated 1 mile north of Kirkistown Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cloghy and Portavogie.
Cloghy
Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cloghy, also spelt Cloughy or Cloughey, is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula, in the Ards and North Down Borough. It had a population of 1,360 people in the 2021 Census.
Portavogie
Village
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portavogie is a village, townland and fishing port in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies within the Ards and North Down Borough and is the easternmost settlement in Ireland.
Ballyhalbert
Village
Photo: Michael Parry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballyhalbert is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the east coast of the Ards Peninsula between Ballywalter and Portavogie. Ballyhalbert is situated 3½ miles north of Kirkistown Castle.
Kirkistown Castle
- Type: Tower
- Description: castle in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.44398° or 54° 26′ 38″ northLongitude
-5.46564° or 5° 27′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C6PCGVM+HPOpenStreetMap ID
way 808395153OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q6415706
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Satellite Map
Discover Kirkistown Castle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From German to Ukrainian—“Kirkistown Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Kirkistown Castle”
- Spanish: “Kirkistown”
- Turkish: “Kirkistown Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Кіркістоун”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kirkistown Cemetery and Cloughey Presbyterian Church.
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