🏰 Carrickmines Castle

Ireland · Europe · 53.25°N, 6.18°W

Carrickmines Castle is an archaeological site in Carrickmines, County Dublin, in eastern Ireland. The castle was built in the Middle Ages to protect the English-ruled Pale around Dublin. The mostly subsurface ruins lay in the path of the M50 motorway, completed in 2005. Sections of the medieval walls and some sections of the castle's defensive structures were preserved within or under M50 roundabouts.

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Quick facts

Country	Ireland
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	53.25°N, 6.18°W · view on map

Carrickmines Castle is located in Ireland, in Europe.

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Aghalard Castle · Archbold's Castle · Ardee Castle · Ardfinnan Castle · Ardgillan Castle · Arkin's Castle · Ashford Castle · Ashtown Castle · Athlone Castle · Athlumney Castle.

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