Castledermot Round Tower, Castledermot

Name: Castledermot Round Tower
Address: Castledermot, Ireland

#2 among attractions in Castledermot

Top attraction, Observation decks and towers, Forts and castles, Tower, More...

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Castledermot Round Tower is a 10th-century round tower in Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland. The tower, and the high crosses nearby, are a National Monument. ()

Architectural style: Romanesque architectureCoordinates: 52°54'38"N, 6°50'6"W

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Castledermot Round Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Carlow County Museum, Brownshill Dolmen, Duckett's Grove, Cathedral of the Assumption.

6.4 miSW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Carlow County Museum, Carlow
164 min walk • Carlow County Museum is a museum documenting the history of County Carlow. Located on College Street in Carlow town, the building was originally the Presentation Convent; it also houses the County Library and Archives.
5.4 miS
Monuments and statues, Archaeological site
Brownshill Dolmen, Carlow
138 min walk • Brownshill Dolmen is a very large megalithic portal tomb situated 3 km east of Carlow, in County Carlow, Ireland. Its capstone weighs an estimated 150 metric tons, and is reputed to be the heaviest in Europe. The tomb is listed as a National Monument.
3.7 miS
Historical place, Garden, Reportedly haunted
Duckett's Grove, Carlow
95 min walk • Duckett's Grove is a ruined 19th-century great house and former estate in County Carlow, Ireland. Belonging to the Duckett family, the house was formerly the focal point of a 12,000-acre estate, and dominated the local landscape of the area for more than two centuries.
6.4 miSW
Architecture, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow
163 min walk • The Cathedral of the Assumption is both the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin and the parish church for the cathedral parish.
6.1 miSW
Military museum, History museum, Museum
County Carlow Military Museum, Carlow
155 min walk • County Carlow Military Museum is a museum dedicated to the military history of County Carlow and its people. It is located in the former church on the grounds of St. Dympna's Hospital in Carlow town.
~850 ftSW
Archaeological site, Gothic architecture
Castledermot Abbey, Castledermot
5 min walk • Castledermot Abbey is a ruined Franciscan friary in Castledermot, County Kildare, in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in about the year 1300.
6.3 miSW
City hall
County Buildings, Carlow
161 min walk • The County Buildings are a municipal facility in Athy Road, Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland.
5.5 miNE
Archaeological site
Baltinglass Abbey
141 min walk • Baltinglass Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey founded in 1148 and located in Baltinglass, Ireland. It is today a National Monument.
2.4 miNW
Archaeological site
Mullaghreelan Rath
61 min walk • Mullaghreelan Rath is a ringfort and National Monument located in County Kildare, Ireland.
6.3 miSW
Universities and schools
St. Patrick's, Carlow
162 min walk • St Patrick's, Carlow College, is a liberal arts college located in Carlow, Ireland. The college is the second oldest third level institution in Ireland have been founded in 1782 by James Keefe, then Roman Catholic Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin, and his co-adjutor bishop Daniel Delany.
4.5 miSW
Park
Oak Park
115 min walk • Oak Park is an estate in County Carlow, Republic of Ireland, located 3 kilometres north of the town of Carlow. The estate was purchased by Irish MP Henry Bruen in 1775. It remained in the family until 1957, being inhabited by Bruen's son and grandson, both MPs of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.