Cloghanower Castle (ruins)
Cloghanower Castle (ruins) is a castle in the town in Headford, County Galway, 2.3 km south-east of the centre. Forde Motors, Insomnia and Mace are within 142 m.
- Kind
- Castles
- From the centre
- 2.3 km south-east
- Bus stop
- Tierney's Cross, 340 m away
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Getting to Cloghanower Castle (ruins)
- By bus
- The nearest stop is Tierney's Cross, 340 m away.
- Directions from where you are
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While you are there
2 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Insomnia (138 m) and Campbells Tavern (157 m).
1 shop within 300 m, including Mace.
Other sites within 3 km: Caherachoola (693 m), Lisheen (1.6 km), Lisnahoowa (1.9 km), Headford Castle (2.0 km) and Lisheennabasty (2.3 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
- Forde Motors138 mCar dealers
- Insomnia138 mCafés
- Mace142 mConvenience stores
- Campbells Tavern157 mPubs
- Top169 mPetrol stations
- AC Tyres195 mTyre centres
Other castles around Headford
- 2.0 km
- 4.6 km
- 5.5 km
- 7.0 km
- 7.5 km
- 7.7 km
- 7.8 km
- 9.1 km
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Source record: OpenStreetMap way/1311631720, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.