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Riasc Monastic Settlement

Riasc Monastic Settlement from directly overhead

Riasc Monastic Settlement is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Cnoc Bréanainn stands 952 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Músaem Chorca Dhuibhne, a museum 0.8 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.

The story

ruined early Monastic site, County Kerry

Wikidata Q2134878, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.16755, -10.38758

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 51
  • Faill an Airse: 2.1 mi
  • Faill an tSrutháin: 2.2 mi
  • An Slios: 2.3 mi
  • Cúlfhaill: 2.7 mi
  • Faill na Saor: 2.8 mi
Springs: 44
  • Tobar Molaige: 0.8 mi
  • St Brendan's Well: 1.1 mi
  • An Tobar Te: 1.5 mi
  • Toberone: 1.5 mi
  • Toberacloghaun: 1.7 mi
Historic sites: 39
Attractions: 26
Beaches: 20
  • Trá Ciarán Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Bunaneer Strand: 14.5 mi
  • Emlagh Strand: 14.9 mi
  • Kells Beach: 15.5 mi
  • White Strand Beach: 16.2 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Paudi O'Shea Statue: 2.8 mi
  • Fungie the Dolphin: 5.2 mi
  • Slea Head: 5.2 mi
  • Virgin Mary Statue: 5.6 mi
  • Tom Crean: 14.1 mi
Museums: 5
Parks: 2
  • Páirc Bhaile an Daingin: 5.3 mi
  • Jerome Connor Memorial Park: 14.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Tom Crean Memorial Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Kells Bay Gardens: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Riasc Monastic Settlement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cnoc BréanainnNE 50°951.7 m7.3 mi
Cnoc Bréanainn (Mullach Thuaidh)NE 47°895.4 m7.7 mi
Cnoc Bréanainn (mullach i gcéin thuaidh)NE 46°840.1 m7.8 mi
Barr an GhéaráinENE 62°840 m7.2 mi
Binn os GaoithENE 76°826 m13.5 mi
Binn FhaicheNE 52°822.5 m7.9 mi
Na PóirtNE 50°809.2 m7.7 mi
An GéaránENE 65°803 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1018:54
June solstice05:2121:1222:07
September equinox07:2818:5819:43
December solstice08:4915:2816:32

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/154889537

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