Mound of Down
Mound of Down is an archaeological site in Newry, Northern Ireland. Mound of Down is situated nearby to Down High School, as well as near the playground Bridge Street Play Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Down County Museum and Down Cathedral.
Down County Museum
Museum
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Down County Museum is situated 1,200 feet south of Mound of Down.
Down Cathedral
Church
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Down Cathedral, the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, is a Church of Ireland cathedral located in the town of Downpatrick in Northern Ireland. Down Cathedral is situated 1,600 feet south of Mound of Down.
Down High School
School
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Down High School is a controlled co-educational grammar school located in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. The school has students from the ages of eleven to eighteen in the senior school; there are 953 students. Down High School is situated 840 feet southeast of Mound of Down.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downpatrick and Struell Wells.
Downpatrick
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Downpatrick is a town in County Down in Northern Ireland, now governed as part of Newry, Mourne and Down District. It's best known as the place where St Patrick supposedly returned to Ireland, and his burial place, and the area is dotted with prehistoric and early Christian sites.
Struell Wells
Locality
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Struell Wells are a set of four holy wells in the townland of Struell, 1.5 miles east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland. The wells date from before the time of Saint Patrick, and even today are used for people seeking cures. Struell Wells is situated 2 miles east of Mound of Down.
Saul
Hamlet
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Saul is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, within the civil parish of Saul and Ballee. The village lies to the east of Downpatrick and has strong links with Saint Patrick. Saul is situated 2 miles northeast of Mound of Down.
Mound of Down
- Type: Archaeological site
- Also known as: “Rathkeltair”
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.33195° or 54° 19′ 55″ northLongitude
-5.72168° or 5° 43′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C6P87JH+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
way 918935027OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
“Mound of Down” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Ráth Celtchair”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bridge Street Play Park and Roughal Park Recreation Area.
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