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Your Road Map See detailed touring route map inserted at the back of this brochure Take your car and explore the Boyne Valley in your own time and space. There is a driving route that will take you all around the Valley. This route brings you to the main towns and villages and to the sites all mentioned in this brochure. Also there are many sites of historic interest along the way where you can stop and explore in your own time. These are as follows (towns are in bold text) : – Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre (Newgrange Monument) – Duleek Church & Crosses – Battle of the Boyne Site – Drogheda – Millmount Museum & Martello Tower – Beaulieu House & Gardens – Monasterboice Round Tower & High Crosses – Old Mellifont Abbey – Townley Hall – Dowth – Ledwidge Museum – Slane – Hill of Slane – Slane Castle – Donaghmore – Navan – Donaghpatrick – Kells – Kells Round Tower – Tower of Lloyd – Patrickstown – Oldcastle – Loughcrew Cairns – Loughcrew – Athboy – Trim – Trim Castle – Bective Abbey – Hill of Tara – Ardmulchan Church Oldcastle R154 Loughcrew Cairns Patrickstown Viewing Point 13 Loughcrew House & Gardens 50 FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.DISCOVERIRELAND.IE/BOYNEVALLEY Delvin N3 Ballinlough Kilskeer N51 R163 N52 R154 Athboy Kells Round Tow & High Crosses Tower of Lloyd Ke
er lls N3 Trim Castle Trim N51 Donaghpatrick Church Donaghpatrick Navan N3 Bective Killmessan N2 N52 M2 R163 N51 Tara Dunsany Slane M3 Collon N3 N33 M2 Donore Drogheda M3 M1 Duleek Bective Abbey Donaghmore Round Tower Ardee Ardmulchan Church Hill of Tara Hill of Slane Slane Castle Old Mellifont Abbey Francis Ledwidge Museum Townley Hall Brú na Boinne Newgrange, Knowth & Dowth Killeen Castle Home of the Solheim Cup 2011 M1 Monasterboice Tullyallen R132 Duleek Church & Crosses Millmount Museum and Martello Tower Battle of the Boyne Beaulieu House St. Peter’s Church FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.DISCOVERIRELAND.IE/BOYNEVALLEY 51 D
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