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Kilconnell Abbey

Kilconnell Abbey from directly overhead

Kilconnell Abbey is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 85 m. Scalp stands 380 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lanfera's Well, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

ruined Franciscan friary in Galway, Ireland

Dates from 1414.

Wikidata Q1775412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.33270, -8.40077

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Historic sites
  • Ballynabanaba Castle: 2.1 mi
  • Kilgerrill Church (ruins): 2.3 mi
  • Killure Castle: 4.6 mi
  • Clonbrock Castle: 5.2 mi
  • Kilbought Convent: 8.4 mi
Peaks: 29
  • Urraghry Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Sheep Hill: 11.6 mi
  • Redmond Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Fair Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Split Hill: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 16
  • The bloody Hollow: 4.8 mi
  • Dartfield Horse Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Turoe Stone: 8.7 mi
  • Athenry Abbey: 14.4 mi
  • Shannonbridge Fort: 14.8 mi
Parks: 13
  • Aughrim Park: 4.0 mi
  • The Walks: 11.5 mi
  • The Long Point: 12.1 mi
  • Craughwell AC Athletics Park: 15.8 mi
  • Rahasane Turlough Special Conservation Area: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 9
Museums: 6
  • Battle of Aughrim Interpretative Centre: 4.0 mi
  • Old Forge: 10.4 mi
  • Heritage Center: 14.4 mi
  • Clonmacnoise: 17.1 mi
  • Athlone Music Museum: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 1
  • Angling Visitor Conference Center: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kilconnell Abbey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ScalpS 189°380 m23.7 mi
Cappaghabaun Mountain EastS 188°378 m24.6 mi
Turkenagh MountainSSW 193°360 m24.6 mi
CashlaundrumlahanSSW 208°358 m18.9 mi
TullymoreS 184°278 m22.1 mi
KnockroeWNW 293°168 m15.3 mi
Mount MaryN 1°164 m16.4 mi
Church HillSSE 160°144 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0018:46
June solstice05:0621:0822:06
September equinox07:2018:4919:35
December solstice08:4715:1016:17

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/264221376

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