Rath Turtle Moat

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Rath Turtle Moat is a ringwork and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland. ()

Built: XII centuryLength: 161 ftWidth: 118 ftCoordinates: 53°10'46"N, 6°33'29"W

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KildareIreland

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Rath Turtle Moat – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Russborough House, Moat Theatre, Saint David's Castle, Cupidstown Hill.

2.7 miS
Historical place, History museum, Art museum
Russborough House
68 min walk • Russborough House is a house near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. Located between the towns of Blessington and Ballymore Eustace, it is an example of Palladian architecture, designed by Richard Cassels for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and built between 1741 and 1755.
5.2 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Moat Theatre, Naas
132 min walk • The Moat Theatre is a theatre and arts centre in Naas, County Kildare, Ireland.
5.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Saint David's Castle, Naas
130 min walk • Saint David's Castle is a 13th-century Norman castle located in Naas, Ireland.
4.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Cupidstown Hill
106 min walk • Cupidstown Hill, at 379 metres, is the highest point in County Kildare, Ireland, and lies on the fringes of the Wicklow Mountains, 11.6 kilometres east of Naas.
3.5 miNW
Archaeological site
Furness Church
90 min walk • Furness Church is a 13th-century Norman church located in County Kildare, Ireland.
2.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Barretstown Castle
69 min walk • Barretstown Castle is a castle in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, Ireland. It stands on the site of a late 12th century Anglo-Norman castle. It now hosts the Barretstown camp for sick children.
2.9 miE
Ruins
Threecastles Castle
75 min walk • Threecastles Castle is a National Monument situated in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland.
1.4 miSE
Memorial
St. Mark's Cross, Blessington
37 min walk • St. Mark's Cross is a high cross and National Monument located in Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland.
6.5 miNW
Town
Sallins
166 min walk • Sallins is a town in County Kildare, Ireland, situated 3.5 km north of the town centre of Naas, from which it is separated by the M7 motorway. Sallins is the anglicised name of Na Solláin which means "the willows". In the official Central Statistics Office census of 2016, Sallins had a population of 5,849 people.
3 miW
Archaeological site
Punchestown Longstone
78 min walk • Punchestown Longstone is a menhir and National Monument near Naas, Ireland.
6.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moanbane, Wicklow Mountains National Park
170 min walk • Moanbane at 703 metres, is the 85th–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 106th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Moanbane is in the central sector, at the western edge, of the Wicklow Mountains, in Wicklow, Ireland.