Castlemore Moat

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Castlemore Moat is a motte-and-bailey and National Monument in County Carlow, Ireland. ()

Alternative names: Built: XII centuryHeight: 30 ftCoordinates: 52°48'34"N, 6°46'21"W

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CarlowIreland

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Castlemore Moat – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Altamont House, Tullow Museum, Brownshill Dolmen, Duckett's Grove.

5.6 miSE
Garden, Park
Altamont House, Tullow
142 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".
1.5 miE
History museum, Museum
Tullow Museum, Tullow
39 min walk • Tullow Museum is a local museum in Tullow, County Carlow in Ireland. It documents the history of Tullow town and surrounding area.
4.9 miNW
Monuments and statues, Archaeological site
Brownshill Dolmen, Carlow
126 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.
3.8 miNW
Historical place, Garden, Reportedly haunted
Duckett's Grove, Carlow
96 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.
4.6 miE
Forts and castles
Rathgall Hillfort
118 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.
6.3 miNE
Archaeological site
Rathvilly Moat, Rathvilly
161 min walk • Rathvilly Moat is a motte and National Monument located in County Carlow, Ireland.
1.9 miN
Forts and castles
Ballyloughan Castle
49 min walk • Ballyloughan Castle is a ruined castle and National Monument in County Carlow near Bagenalstown. A twin-towered gatehouse, the hall and foundations of one of the corner towers, dating to about 1300 remain.
2.1 miW
Archaeological site
Baunogenasraid
55 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.
2.9 miS
Memorial
Aghade Holed Stone
75 min walk • Aghade Holed Stone or Cloghaphoill is a large holed stone and Irish National Monument located in Aghade, County Carlow, Ireland.
3.6 miN
Memorial
Straboe Grave Slab
92 min walk • Straboe Grave Slab is a medieval grave slab and National Monument located in Straboe, County Carlow, Ireland.
5 miS
Village
Ballon
127 min walk • Ballon is a village in County Carlow, Ireland. It is located on the N80 road near Carlow town.