Hill of FaughartThe hill north of Dundalk carries an old graveyard, a holy well and a long view out over the plain.
Prehistoric site
Proleek Dolmen
Dundalk, County Louth
The capstone weighs about forty tonnes and balances on three uprights, out on the golf course of the Ballymascanlon House Hotel.
This is a fine example of a Portal Dolmen in the grounds of the Ballymascanlon Hotel in Dundalk County Louth.
- Where
- Dundalk, County Louth
- Address
- Proleek
- Official site
- heritageireland.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Hill of FaughartThe hill north of Dundalk carries an old graveyard, a holy well and a long view out over the plain.
Kilnasaggart StoneA tall pillar stone carved with crosses inside circles, standing in a field near Jonesborough among smaller cross-carved stones from an early Christian cemetery.
Moyry CastleA small square tower built on rock in 1601 to hold the Moyry Pass, the old road north through the Gap of the North.
DundalkDundalk sits on the Castletown river, almost exactly halfway between Dublin and Belfast.
Castleroche CastleRohesia de Verdun built this castle on a rock outcrop northwest of Dundalk in 1236, the first castle in Ireland known to have been built by a woman. The interior is closed for works, so it is outside viewing only for now.
Ravensdale ForestCoillte forest in the valley north of Dundalk, with waymarked trails and standing stones in among the trees.What’s on nearby
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