Oldcastle
Reviewed on 22 Apr 2023
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Reviewed on 28 May 2023
Reviewed on 28 May 2023
Just half an hour outside of Dublin and set in the midst of a 1,500 acre estate in the Boyne Valley is the beautiful Slane Castle. The castle has been the home of the Conyngham family since the 18th Century, with the major castle reconstruction work taking place in 1785 carried out by James Gandon and James Wyatt.
Visit a vast burial mound that was built around 3200 B.C., and has an internal chamber that’s illuminated by the winter solstice.
Take a guided tour around one of the biggest and best-preserved Norman castles in Ireland, which has barely changed since it was first built in the 12th century.