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Kells Castle
Photo: Charles Vallancey, Rev Joseph Turner (Life time: died 1812 / 1835) · Public domain · Commons file · tap to enlarge
Archaeological monument (SMR)

Kells Castle

In Irish: Móta Cheanannais

On the Sites and Monuments Record
CCastle - motte and bailey
DirectionsIts record on the heritage map ↗
About

About Kells Castle

Kells Castle is on the Sites and Monuments Record in Kells. 11 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

SMRSee it on the heritage mapIts entry in the Sites and Monuments Record, on the State’s heritage map · KK027-029001-↗

The Sites and Monuments Record lists it as an archaeological site; it has a page here because it has an encyclopedia article.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 20 minutes

Kells · about 1 km on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Kells CastleStart here
  2. 2Kells BridgeRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Mill CottageRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
  4. 4Kells PrioryNational monument to visit · 400 m on
  5. 5Saint Mary's Church (Kells)Regional rating (NIAH) · 300 m on
Farther afield
The Priory (gate lodge)Regional rating (NIAH)900 mThe Priory (gates / railings / walls)Regional rating (NIAH)900 mKellsborough HouseRegional rating (NIAH)1 kmKells HouseRegional rating (NIAH)1 kmGlory BridgeRegional rating (NIAH)1.1 kmThe Priory (rectory / glebe / vicarage / curate's house)Regional rating (NIAH)1.1 km
Around it

4 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegWater pump, Kells68 mRegBridge, Kells106 mRegKells Bridge109 mRegMill (water), Kells145 m
More like it

Near Kells: more buildings on the record

Start with “Vent pipe, West Street” in Callan, 8.2 km away. Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. “Vent pipe, Vicar Street” in Kilkenny is the farthest, at 13 km.

Vent pipe, West Street, CallanCallan · 8.2 km away
Viaduct, ThomastownThomastown · 8.6 km away
Saint Kieran's CollegeKilkenny · 12 km away
The TholselKilkenny · 12 km away
Handball alley, Water Barrack, Butt's Green, KilkennyKilkenny · 13 km away
Handball alley, Michael Street, KilkennyKilkenny · 13 km away
Vent pipe, Grange Road, KilkennyKilkenny · 13 km away
Vent pipe, Vicar Street, KilkennyKilkenny · 13 km away

Questions about Kells Castle

Is Kells Castle on the National Inventory?

It is on the Sites and Monuments Record (KK027-029001-), the State’s list of archaeological sites.

Can you visit Kells Castle?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

Is Kells Castle protected?

Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.

Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).

Sources: Sites and Monuments Record and the National Monuments Service’s monuments to visit · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).