Durhamstown Castle

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Durhamstown Castle is a 600-year-old towerhouse in the townland of Durhamstown of the civil parish of Ardbraccan which is in the barony of Lower Navan, in County Meath, Ireland. It is named after a Mr Doream and has been converted into a guest house and restaurant. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 53°39'14"N, 6°47'20"W

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Durhamstown Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bective Abbey, Kells Round Tower, St Mary's Church, The Bull of Navan.

6.1 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Monastery
Bective Abbey, Navan
155 min walk • Bective Abbey is a Cistercian abbey on the River Boyne in Bective, County Meath, Ireland. The abbey was founded in 1147, and the remaining structure and ruins primarily date to the 15th century.
6.3 miNW
Tower
Kells Round Tower, Kells
160 min walk • Kells Round Tower is a round tower in Kells, County Meath in Ireland. The tower, and the high crosses nearby, are National Monuments.
4.3 miE
Church
St Mary's Church, Navan
111 min walk • St. Mary's Church in Navan, County Meath is one of two churches that make up the modern-day Parish of Navan in the Diocese of Meath. It was opened in 1839.
4.3 miE
Monuments and statues
The Bull of Navan, Navan
110 min walk • The Bull of Navan is a prominent stone sculpture in the town of Navan, in County Meath, Ireland. The statue was sculpted by Galway sculptor Colin Grehan and depicts a large bull being restrained by two men. The image of the bull has historic significance for the town of Navan, where many livestock fairs were held.
3.5 miW
Archaeological site
Rathmore Church
90 min walk • Rathmore Church is a ruined medieval church and National Monument in County Meath, Ireland. It was constructed by the prominent Plunkett living nearby at Rathmore Castle. A modern church 0.5 km to the north-east serving the area was constructed in 1844.
4.5 miSW
Archaeological site
Hill of Ward
116 min walk • The Hill of Ward is a hill in County Meath, Ireland.
6.3 miNW
Monastery, Pre-romanesque architecture
Abbey of Kells, Kells
160 min walk • The Abbey of Kells is a former monastery in Kells, County Meath, Ireland, 64 kilometres north of Dublin. It was founded in the early 9th century, and the Book of Kells was kept there during the later medieval and early modern periods before finally leaving the abbey in the 1650s.
4.7 miE
Forts and castles
Athlumney Castle, Navan
120 min walk • Athlumney Castle is a tower house and fortified house and a National Monument in Navan, Ireland.
6.4 miNW
Archaeological site
St. Columb's House, Kells
163 min walk • St. Columb's House is an oratory and National Monument in Kells, County Meath, Ireland.
3.3 miN
Archaeological site
Teltown
85 min walk • Teltown is a townland in County Meath, Ireland, for the area between Oristown and Donaghpatrick Kells. It was named for the Irish mythological figure or goddess, Tailtiu.
4.1 miE
53°38'34"N • 6°41'22"W
Beechmount Garden Centre, Navan
106 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre