Benburb Castle

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Benburb Castle is a castle situated in Benburb, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is built on a limestone cliff overlooking the River Blackwater, the border between County Tyrone and County Armagh. A 19th-century tower house occupies the south west area of the bawn. The castle has been restored and stands in the grounds of the imposing Servite Priory, a religious order based in the village. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°24'30"N, 6°44'42"W

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Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: St Patrick's Cathedral, Navan Fort, Archbishop's Palace, St Patrick's Cathedral.

5.2 miSE
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
132 min walk • St. Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland. It was built in various phases between 1840 and 1904 to serve as the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Armagh, the original Medieval Cathedral of St.
4.6 miSE
Circular Iron Age burial place
Navan Fort
117 min walk • Navan Fort is an ancient ceremonial monument near Armagh, Northern Ireland. According to tradition it was one of the great royal sites of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland and the capital of the Ulaidh.
6 miSE
Palace, Georgian architecture
Archbishop's Palace, Armagh
154 min walk • The Archbishop's Palace, Armagh, Northern Ireland, is a landmark Neo-Classical building located on 300 acres of parkland just south of the centre of the city.
5.5 miSE
Stone-built Anglican cathedral and mosaics
St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
141 min walk • St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh is a cathedral located in Armagh, Northern Ireland. The origins of the site are as a 5th century Irish stone monastery, founded by St. Patrick.
5.6 miSE
History museum, Museum, Art museum
Armagh County Museum, Armagh
143 min walk • The Armagh County Museum is a museum in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Located on the edge of the tree-lined Mall in the centre of Armagh city, the museum is the oldest County Museum in Ireland and was officially opened in 1937.
5.5 miSE
History museum, Museum
Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum, Armagh
140 min walk • The Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum is a military museum based in Sovereign's House at Armagh, Northern Ireland. The museum is a Grade B listed building.
5.5 miSE
Observatories and planetariums, Museum, Science museum
Armagh Planetarium, Armagh
140 min walk • Armagh Planetarium is a planetarium located in Armagh, Northern Ireland close to the city centre and neighbouring Armagh Observatory in approximately fourteen acres of landscaped grounds known as the Armagh Astropark.
7.6 miNE
Park
Peatlands Park
194 min walk • Peatlands Park is a 266 hectares area established in 1990 and placed under the safeguard of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. It is located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and has been designated as an Area of Special Scientific Interest.
6.3 miSW
Monastery
Tynan Abbey
160 min walk • Tynan Abbey in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, was a large neo-gothic-romantic country house built c. 1750 and situated outside the village of Tynan.
5.4 miSE
Observatories and planetariums
Armagh Observatory, Armagh
138 min walk • Armagh Observatory is an astronomical research institute in Armagh, Northern Ireland. Around 25 astronomers are based at the observatory, studying stellar astrophysics, the Sun, Solar System astronomy and Earth's climate.
5.8 miSE
Museum
HM Prison Armagh, Armagh
147 min walk • Armagh Prison in Armagh, Northern Ireland, is a former prison. The construction of the prison began in the 1780 and it was extended in the style of Pentonville Prison in the 1840 and 1850s.