Altamont House, Tullow

Name: Altamont House
Address: Tullow, Ireland
Telephone: +353 59 915 9444

#1 among attractions in Tullow

Garden, Park

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Facts and practical information

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". ()

Elevation: 285 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 52°44'7"N, 6°43'14"W

Address

Tullow Ireland

Contact

+353 59 915 9444

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Day trips

Altamont House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tullow Museum, Huntington Castle, Rathgall Hillfort, Aghowle Church.

4.7 miN
History museum, Museum
Tullow Museum, Tullow
120 min walk • Tullow Museum is a local museum in Tullow, County Carlow in Ireland. It documents the history of Tullow town and surrounding area.
4.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Huntington Castle, Clonegal
110 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.
5.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Rathgall Hillfort
133 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.
4.7 miNE
Archaeological site
Aghowle Church
121 min walk • Aghowle Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Wicklow, Ireland. It was one of the largest rural parish churches of its era. Aghowle is also a civil parish in the ancient barony of Shillelagh.
5.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Croaghaun
136 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.
5.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Castlemore Moat
142 min walk • Castlemore Moat is a motte-and-bailey and National Monument in County Carlow, Ireland.
6.8 miNW
Archaeological site
Baunogenasraid
175 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.
6.2 miSE
Town
Bunclody
159 min walk • Bunclody, formerly Newtownbarry, is a small town on the River Slaney in Wexford, Ireland. It is located near the foot of Mount Leinster. Most of the town is in County Wexford; a small area at the north end of town is in County Carlow. Bunclody has received a number of high scores in the Tidy Towns competition.
2.6 miNW
Memorial
Aghade Holed Stone
68 min walk • Aghade Holed Stone or Cloghaphoill is a large holed stone and Irish National Monument located in Aghade, County Carlow, Ireland.
2.1 miW
Village
Ballon
53 min walk • Ballon is a village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the N80 road near Carlow town.