Rathealy Ringfort

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Rathealy Ringfort is a ringfort and National Monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. ()

Built: XII centuryDiameter: 325 ftHeight: 10 ftCoordinates: 52°41'41"N, 7°25'58"W

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KilkennyIreland

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Rathealy Ringfort – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Foulksrath Castle, St. Lachtain's Church, Kilcooly Abbey, Ballylarkin Church.

6.2 miNE
Archaeological site
Foulksrath Castle
158 min walk • Foulksrath Castle is a 14th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
3 miNE
Church
St. Lachtain's Church, Freshford
77 min walk • The St. Lachtain's Church was built in 1731 in the centre of the village of Freshford, County Kilkenny in Ireland on the R693 regional road. It incorporates a portal from 1100 as its main entrance. St. Lachtain died in Donoughmore, County Cork in 622 AD. It is almost certain that a church was built on the present site after 622 AD.
5.7 miW
Monastery
Kilcooly Abbey
146 min walk • Kilcooley Abbey is a Cistercian abbey in the village of Gortnahoe in County Tipperary, Ireland. The abbey is located within the grounds of the Kilcooley Estate.
2 miN
Archaeological site, Church
Ballylarkin Church, Freshford
50 min walk • Ballylarkin Church, also called Ballylarkin Abbey, is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
4.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Spahill and Clomantagh Hill
112 min walk • Spahill and Clomantagh Hill is a Special Area of Conservation in County Kilkenny in the Republic of Ireland. The SAC is in the parish of Balleen and includes the townlands of Clomantagh and Spahill, in Irish Spahill is Cnoc na Spá and Clomantagh Hill is An Chloch Mhantach.
5.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Knocknamuck
138 min walk • Knocknamuck is a mountain in County Tipperary, Ireland.
5.4 miNE
Archaeological site
Rathbeagh
139 min walk • Rathbeagh is a hill on the River Nore in the parish of Lisdowney Parish near Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland. According to Irish tradition, the Rath is the burial place of Heremon, son of the Celtic Taoiseach Milesius.
2.5 miS
Archaeological site
Tullaroan Church
65 min walk • Tullaroan Church is a medieval church and National Monument in County Kilkenny, Ireland.
2.5 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Slieveardagh Hills
64 min walk • The Slieveardagh Hills are a low range of hills on the County Tipperary - Kilkenny border, mainly in the Tipperary barony of Slievardagh.