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Fiddaun Castle

Fiddaun Castle is a castle in the countryside 7.5 km south-west of Gort, County Galway. Lough Aslaun and Lough Doo are within 168 m.

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Fiddaun Castle on Wikipedia

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Plan of the country around Fiddaun Castle, 1.8 km across
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Getting to Fiddaun Castle

From the town
7.5 km south-west of the Square in a straight line; it is out in the country, so allow for the roads.
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Around it

Other sites within 3 km: Lough Aslaun (153 m), Lough Doo (168 m), Curtaun Lough (782 m), Faddaun Lough (1.0 km) and Termon Lough (1.4 km).

Tower houses, the castles of the Irish countryside

Most of the castles around Tuam are tower houses rather than the great fortresses the word suggests: tall stone towers built from the later Middle Ages onward to be lived in as much as defended, commanding a crossing or a stretch of good land with a small household. They first appeared in Ireland, Scotland, England and the Frisian and north Spanish coasts in the High Middle Ages and spread from there; in Scotland's borders they were the peel towers, in Italy the city towers of feuding families. A good tower house has a vaulted floor against fire, a stone stair, corner bartizans to cover the walls, and a machicolation over the door for dropping things on whoever is knocking.

Written from Wikipedia, "Tower house" (CC BY-SA 4.0); the words are ours.

Within a short walk

  1. 153 m
  2. 168 m

Other castles around Gort

  1. 3.4 km
  2. 3.7 km
  3. 4.3 km
  4. 4.8 km
  5. 5.3 km
  6. 10.1 km
  7. 11.8 km
  8. 12.4 km

All 14 castles around Gort

Questions people ask

Where is Fiddaun Castle?
In County Galway, 7.5 km south-west of Gort.
Are there other castles nearby?
13 other castles around $Gort; the closest is Ardamullivan Castle, 3.4 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/338107781, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.