OPW Heritage Ireland places in County Wicklow

The thatched cottage in the Glen of Imaal where Samuel McAllister died so Michael Dwyer could escape the British in 1799, restored with period objects and rebel pikes; free, open June to September afternoons by arrangement two days ahead.

St Kevin's sixth-century monastic city in a Wicklow Mountains valley, the free round tower and churches beside OPW's ticketed visitor centre and film; adult €5, free for English Heritage members, paid car park that includes one admission.

The National Botanic Gardens' Wicklow outstation in the old Acton demesne, famous for conifers and rhododendrons, with the Broad Walk, Oak Avenue, meadows and a ruined house; free, open daily, free parking, cafe, free summer tours.

The ruins of a small 12th or 13th-century church on the northern slopes of Bray Head, with views over Bray and the Irish Sea, a short steep climb from the Raheen Park car park; free, open-air.

A Late Bronze Age hillfort of four concentric stone ramparts on a Wicklow ridge, where excavations found bronze-casting moulds and glass beads of about 1000 BC; free, open-air, car park and walkway through pasture, no facilities.