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Extract from the Slane Travel Guides:
SLANE
village, set on a steep hillside running down to the Boyne a mile or so west of Knowth, is an enchanting little place which packs a surprising amount of interest. The scene is set at the village centre, where four three-storey eighteenth-century houses stand at the four corners of a crossroads, each virtually identical (with arched entrance courtyards to the side) and built of rough-cut grey limestone. The story goes that they were built by four spinster sisters who wanted to keep an eye on one another's comings and goings.
Down by the river, the Georgian theme is continued in the fine
mill
, built...
read the whole Slane Travel Guides...
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