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Kinlough Castle

Kinlough Castle is a castle in the countryside 3.3 km north of Headford, County Galway. Kinlough Church is within 92 m.

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

From the town
3.3 km north of the centre 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: Cahernahilk (967 m), Moyne Castle (1.1 km), Cahermore (1.2 km), Lough Turrae (1.6 km) and Lissacromlech (2.2 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. Kinlough Church
    Historic churches
    92 m

Other castles around Headford

  1. 1.1 km
  2. 2.9 km
  3. 3.1 km
  4. 3.6 km
  5. 4.2 km
  6. 5.5 km
  7. 6.7 km
  8. 7.8 km

All 12 castles around Headford

Questions people ask

Where is Kinlough Castle?
In County Galway, 3.3 km north of Headford.
Are there other castles nearby?
11 other castles around $Headford; the closest is Moyne Castle, 1.1 km away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap way/1137877058, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.