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Wicklow Mountains National Park

Historic ruins in Wicklow Mountains National Park

Historic Ruins and Monuments

The Wicklow Mountains hold a diverse collection of historical sites, ranging from Neolithic passage tombs to 19th-century industrial ruins. This list features the extensive early Christian monastic settlement of Glendalough, including its unique medieval gateway and cathedral. Visitors can also find remnants of the region's mining heritage at the Glendalough and Luganure lead mines, alongside high-altitude memorials and ancient hermitages like Saint Kevin's Bed.

Historic Ruins and Monuments — Map
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Seefin Passage Tomb

Seefin Passage Tomb is an empty passage grave and National Monument located atop Seefin hill, County Wicklow, Ireland.
B

Saint Saviour's Priory

A 12th-century Augustinian priory located east of the main Glendalough site, featuring well-preserved Romanesque stone carvings on its arches and windows.
C

Gateway

The only surviving example of a medieval monastic gateway in Ireland, originally a two-storey structure with a timber roof that served as the entrance to Glendalough.
D

St. Mary's

Ruins of a 12th-century church situated outside the main monastic walls, notable for its Romanesque west doorway and simple granite construction.
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E

Miners' Village

Stone ruins of a 19th-century settlement at the head of the Upper Lake, formerly housing workers for the local lead mining industry.
F

Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul

The largest building in the Glendalough monastic complex, constructed in phases between the 10th and 12th centuries using mica-schist and granite.
G

Hampden Bomber Crash 18 April 1941

A memorial site on Black Hill marking the location where a Royal Air Force Handley Page Hampden crashed during a 1941 navigation exercise.
H

Priests' House

A small 12th-century Romanesque building, reconstructed in the 1870s, which likely served as a shrine or a repository for Saint Kevin's relics.
I

Oasis Mountain Lodge

Ruins
J

Site of Saint Kevin's Cell

The circular stone foundations of a 6th-century beehive hut, believed to be the original site of Saint Kevin's ascetic retreat.
K

The Coffin Stone

A large megalithic boulder located on the slopes of Djouce mountain, traditionally associated with prehistoric burial rites.
L

Saint Kevin's Bed

A small man-made cave situated 10 meters above the Upper Lake, used as a hermitage and prayer retreat by Saint Kevin.
M

Buddies

Ruins
N

Old Lead Mine

Remnants of 19th-century industrial infrastructure used for the extraction and processing of lead ore in the Glendalough valley.
O

Old Luganure

The site of the Luganure lead mines, which were among the most productive in Ireland during the mid-1800s.
P

Coronation Plantation Monument

A stone monument erected in 1831 to commemorate the coronation of King William IV and the establishment of the surrounding forest plantation.
Q

La Touche's Lodge

The ruins of a mountain lodge once owned by the La Touche family, prominent 18th-century Dublin bankers and landowners.
R

Old Hunting Lodge

Ruins
S

Dressing Area

An industrial site where lead ore was historically crushed, sorted, and washed as part of the mining process.
T

Old Lead Mine

Nineteenth-century stone remains of mining operations located in the Glendasan valley.
Seefin Passage Tomb
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Saint Saviour's Priory
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Gateway

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