Barrow WayThe towpath follows the Barrow south from Lowtown, through Athy and on into Carlow.House and gardens
Burtown House and Gardens
Athy, County Kildare
The early 18th century farmhouse near Athy has walled kitchen gardens, a wildflower meadow and a sculpture walk.
Burtown House in County Kildare is an early Georgian villa, surrounded by lush flowers, vegetable and woodland gardens.
- Where
- Athy, County Kildare
- Address
- Burtown Little
- Official site
- burtownhouse.ie
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
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Barrow WayThe towpath follows the Barrow south from Lowtown, through Athy and on into Carlow.
AthyWhere the Barrow meets the Grand Canal. White's Castle guards the bridge and the 1740s town hall stands on Emily Square.
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.On nearby
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Castletown House and ParklandsHouse and gardens · CelbridgeIreland's first Palladian country house went up from 1722 at Celbridge, with parkland running down to the Liffey behind it.
St Brigid's Cathedral and Round TowerCathedral · Kildare townThe 13th century cathedral stands on the town square, and the round tower beside it is open to climb for the view out over the plain.
The CurraghPark · NewbridgeTwo thousand hectares of unfenced grass between Newbridge and Kildare town, grazed by sheep and worked every morning by racehorses.
Donadea Forest ParkForest · ClaneNear Clane, forest laid out around the ruins of Donadea Castle, with a lake, a walled garden and a 9/11 memorial inside it.
Maynooth CastleCastle · MaynoothKeep and gatehouse of the Fitzgerald stronghold, standing at the top of Maynooth main street beside the university gates.
Taghadoe Round Tower and ChurchMonastic site · MaynoothThe round tower lost its cap. It stands with a ruined church in flat farmland a few kilometres west of Maynooth.
Old Kilcullen Round TowerMonastic site · KilcullenOn the hill above Kilcullen, inside an old graveyard, the stump of a round tower and two high cross shafts.