Ballon

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Ballon is a village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the N80 road near Carlow town. ()

Alternative names: Population: ~680 pplCoordinates: 52°44'16"N, 6°46'12"W

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Ballon – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Altamont House, Tullow Museum, Huntington Castle, Rathgall Hillfort.

2.1 miE
Garden, Park
Altamont House, Tullow
53 min walk • Altamont House is a historic building best known for its ornamental gardens in County Carlow. The Robinsonian-style gardens are often referred to as "the jewel in Ireland's gardening crown".
4.7 miN
History museum, Museum
Tullow Museum, Tullow
119 min walk • Tullow Museum is a local museum in Tullow, County Carlow in Ireland. It documents the history of Tullow town and surrounding area.
6 miSE
Forts and castles
Huntington Castle, Clonegal
154 min walk • Huntington Castle, also known as Clonegal Castle, is a castle in Clonegal, County Carlow, Ireland, built in 1625. The structure was originally a "plantation castle", used for defensive purposes during the plantation of the area in the early 17th century.
6.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Rathgall Hillfort
161 min walk • Rathgall, or the Ring of the Rath is a large multivallate hill fort near the town of Shillelagh. Dating from the Bronze Age, it consists of three roughly concentric stone ramparts with a fourth masonry wall dating from the Medieval period at its centre.
5.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Croaghaun
131 min walk • Croaghaun is a mountain in County Carlow, Ireland, one of the Blackstairs Mountains. Croaghaun is the most northerly summit in the Blackstairs Mountains. It is the 603rd highest summit in Ireland.
5 miN
Archaeological site
Castlemore Moat
127 min walk • Castlemore Moat is a motte-and-bailey and National Monument in County Carlow, Ireland.
5.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Baunogenasraid
144 min walk • Baunogenasraid is an archaeological site and National Monument in County Carlow. The site was excavated in 1972 and discovered to contain a single neolithic burial mound which was expanded into a small cemetery in the early Bronze Age.
2.4 miNE
Memorial
Aghade Holed Stone
62 min walk • Aghade Holed Stone or Cloghaphoill is a large holed stone and Irish National Monument located in Aghade, County Carlow, Ireland.