Artwork
Turfman
Turfman is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Mullaghaneany stands 627 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Seamus Heaney HomePlace, a museum 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 12 miles off.
"Turfman" illustrates one of Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's best known poems "Digging"
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Coordinates54.80634, -6.51834
- 11.6 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 25 mi
- The Glens of Antrim · 26 mi
- viewpoint on Beach · 28 mi
- Harbour Hill · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites: 60
- Seamus Heaney: 0.6 mi
- War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Augustine Henry Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
- Mullagh Church: 6.2 mi
- Old St Lurachs Church: 6.5 mi
Parks
- Clady And District Angling Club Fishing: 4.1 mi
- Polepatrick Cemetery and Park: 4.3 mi
- Portglenone Park: 4.9 mi
- Highfield Park: 5.4 mi
- The Green: 5.6 mi
Peaks
- Tully: 5.3 mi
- Irish Hill: 9.2 mi
- Slieve Gallion NE Top: 9.6 mi
- Tintagh Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Slieve Gallion: 11.0 mi
Artworks: 18
Attractions: 18
- Wishing Well: 10.5 mi
- ECOS Centre: 11.2 mi
- Duck Pond: 13.3 mi
- Antrim Round Tower: 13.6 mi
- Wellbrook Beetling Mill: 16.5 mi
Museums: 16
- Seamus Heaney HomePlace: 0.2 mi
- Seamus Heaney Homeplace: 0.2 mi
- Beetling Mill: 7.0 mi
- Gracehill Village Old School Museum: 8.3 mi
- Mid-Antrim Museum: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 16
- Largantogher Plantin Walled Garden: 6.5 mi
- Ahoghill Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Dutch Garden: 9.9 mi
- Parterre Garden: 13.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 14.5 mi
Springs: 9
- Lady's Well: 4.3 mi
- Holy Well: 4.4 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 5.5 mi
- Source Of The Roohan Burn: 9.4 mi
- Skelp Well: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Grillagh Waterfall: 7.5 mi
- Altkeeran Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- The 7 Arches Mousetrap Bridge Weir: 11.1 mi
- Hermit's Falls: 21.6 mi
- Ess-na-Larach Waterfall: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Craigadick Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Coltrim Picnic Park: 10.4 mi
- Ballyforles Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Cashel: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Goles Forest: 16.9 mi
- RSPB Portmore Lough Reserve: 19.6 mi
- Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 21.0 mi
- Drumcrow ASSI: 21.6 mi
- Oxford Island National Nature Reserve: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Craig-na-Shoke: 12.9 mi
- Legananam Pot: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Turfman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullaghaneany | W 276° | 627 m | 16.7 mi |
| Meenard Mtn | W 276° | 620 m | 17.4 mi |
| Oughtmore | W 274° | 569 m | 15.7 mi |
| Spelhoagh | W 275° | 568 m | 15.2 mi |
| Carnanelly | W 262° | 562 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mullaghmore | WNW 283° | 550 m | 13.6 mi |
| White Mountain | WNW 286° | 537 m | 13.6 mi |
| Slieve Gallion | WSW 242° | 526.6 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:51 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:07 | 22:08 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:40 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:49 | 14:48 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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