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Cairn, near Palmerstown

Cairn is a ringfort or site in County Dublin, 12 km south of Palmerstown.

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Cairn is in Palmerstown, County Dublin. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

It is 12 km south of the centre of Palmerstown in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.
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Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Hell Fire Club (12104), 640 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Hell Fire Club 640 m
    bus SD4
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Killakee 1.5 km
    bus SD4
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Cruagh Wood 1.6 km
    bus SD4
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Glenasmole National School 2.0 km
    bus SD3
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Friarstown 2.0 km
    bus SD3
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Palmerstown covers the journeys into the town itself.

Other ringforts and sites in Palmerstown

Nearest to Cairn first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Cairn, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 5 ringforts and sites in Palmerstown

Questions people ask

Where is Cairn?
Near Palmerstown, County Dublin, 12 km south of the centre.
What are the opening hours of Cairn?
Opening hours are not available on this page yet. Check with the business before travelling.
How far is Cairn from the centre of Palmerstown?
12 km south of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other ringforts and sites near Cairn?
5 in Palmerstown altogether. The nearest are Standing Stone, Mount Venus Dolmen and Knockmaree Dolmen.
How do you get to Cairn without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Hell Fire Club, 640 m away in a straight line, and bus SD4 call there, run by TFI Local Link Kildare South Dublin. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

Where this comes from

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The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/1976338681, and can be corrected there.
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Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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