Map and directions to Loughcrew Cairns

The Loughcrew cairns are located 52 miles north west of Dublin, close to the town of Oldcastle. From Dublin take the N3 to Kells, then take the Oldcastle Road to Loughcrew.

Ordnance Survey map 42
Car Park N 53.744083° (N 53°44.645) W 7.118783° (W 007°07.127)
Cairn T N 53.744833° (N 53°44.690) W 7.112217° (W 007°06.733)

Directions to Loughcrew Gardens where the key to Cairn T is available in the off season from mid September to mid June.

The Naper family have been creating Loughcrew Gardens since 1660, the result is a garden comprising water, trees, vistas and archaeology rather than flowerbeds. The surviving 17th century features include a yew walk, foundations of a longhouse and a walled garden from which a canal and a parterre have been relocated in replica.

In the 19th century these earlier elements were enveloped in a development of parkland, watergardens, specimen trees, follies, rockeries, woodwalks and vistas. The central area of approximately six acres now includes a lime avenue, lawns and terraces and herbaceous border.

Discovery Map 42 showing about 4km x 3km of the Loughcrew area