Big Wood
Big Wood is a forest in County Offaly, Leinster. Big Wood is situated nearby to the locality View Mount, as well as near Miletree.Places of Interest
Highlights include Birr Aerodrome and Leap Castle.
Birr Aerodrome
Aerodrome
Birr Airfield is located 1 NM south of the town of Birr in County Offaly in Ireland. It was originally called Birr View Air Strip. The area for many years has been closely linked with aviation, dating from the time of the British Army air strip which was very near the present air field.
Leap Castle
Ruins
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leap Castle is a castle in Roscrea, County Offaly, Ireland, about 6 kilometres north of the town of Roscrea and 10 kilometres south of Kinnitty on the R421.
St. Kieran’s bush
Place of worship
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Kieran’s bush is a place of worship.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birr and Crinkill.
Birr
Photo: Magrietha Knight, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Birr is a town in County Offaly in the Midlands of Ireland, with a population of 4700 in 2022. It’s a well-preserved Georgian town with graceful streets and elegant buildings.
Crinkill
Village
Crinkill, sometimes spelt Crinkle, is a village in County Offaly, Ireland, close to Birr. Crinkill was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 682 people.
Clareen
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clareen is a village in the parish of Seir Kieran in County Offaly, Ireland. It is located 8 km east of Birr on the R421 regional road. The village is situated at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains.
Big Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: County Offaly, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.0528° or 53° 3′ 10″ northLongitude
-7.8546° or 7° 51′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C5J343W+45OpenStreetMap ID
way 840307722OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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