Moone High CrossSeventeen feet of granite high cross under a roofed shelter at Moone, carved with fifty-one scriptural panels.
Abbey
Baltinglass Abbey
Baltinglass, County Wicklow
The Cistercian abbey ruin sits beside the church in Baltinglass, with the original nave arcade still up.
Dermot Mc Murrough, King of Leinster, founded Baltinglass Abbey for the Cistercian monks in 1148.
- Where
- Baltinglass, County Wicklow
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
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Moone High CrossSeventeen feet of granite high cross under a roofed shelter at Moone, carved with fifty-one scriptural panels.
Castledermot Round TowerThe round tower here is built onto the church itself, and the graveyard around it holds two granite high crosses and a Romanesque doorway.
Castledermot Franciscan FriaryThe nave, the tower and the transept of this 13th century friary are all still standing, on the edge of the village.
Duckett's GroveA Gothic revival mansion near Killerig burned out and was left standing. The turrets are up, with two walled gardens beside it.
Barrow WayThe towpath follows the Barrow south from Lowtown, through Athy and on into Carlow.What’s on nearby
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