Brownshill Portal DolmenThe granite capstone here weighs over a hundred tonnes, and it has been sitting in this field 3km east of Carlow town since the neolithic.
Ruin
Duckett's Grove
Carlow town, County Carlow
A Gothic revival mansion near Killerig burned out and was left standing. The turrets are up and two walled gardens sit beside it.
Duckett’s Grove Walled Gardens and Pleasure Grounds brim with historical varieties of roses, peonies, perennials and flowering shrubs.
- Where
- Carlow town, County Carlow
- Address
- Kneestown, Duckett's Grove
- Official site
- carlowtourism.com
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Brownshill Portal DolmenThe granite capstone here weighs over a hundred tonnes, and it has been sitting in this field 3km east of Carlow town since the neolithic.
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.On nearby
Coming up within about 25km.
Sunday 27th September
Thursday 1st October
Friday 2nd October
Saturday 3rd October
More in Carlow
Altamont GardensGarden · TullowForty acres of garden and a lake south of Tullow, run by the OPW, with a beech walk that takes you down to the Slaney.
Huntington CastleCastle · ClonegalThe same family have lived in this 1625 tower house at Clonegal since it went up, and there is a yew walk through the garden.- St MullinsMonastic site · St MullinsThe high ground above the Barrow holds an early monastic site, with the stump of a round tower, church ruins and a Norman motte in the same ground.
Carlow CastleCastle · Carlow townTwo towers and the wall between them are all that is left of the 13th century Norman castle on the Barrow in Carlow town.
Borris HouseHouse and gardens · BorrisSeat of the MacMurrough Kavanaghs, a Tudor revival house above Borris village with a sixteen arch railway viaduct in the view.
Black Castle, LeighlinbridgeCastle · LeighlinbridgeThe tower and a length of bawn wall stand on the Barrow bank, beside a stone road bridge that dates to 1320.
Ballyloughan CastleRuin · BagenalstownFarmland east of Bagenalstown holds a 13th century gatehouse and hall, with a round tower on either side of the entrance.
South Leinster WayWalk · Borris104km of waymarked route from Kildavin through Borris, over the Barrow into Kilkenny and on to Carrick-on-Suir in Tipperary.