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Carraigín

Carraigín from directly overhead

Carraigín is a beach, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Swifts Tower, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.8 miles off.

Fishermen traditionally pulled their boats in here for shelter during bad weather

How to reach it

Coordinates51.53300, -9.17126

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Beaches
Peaks
  • Péicín: 0.7 mi
  • Carraig Throunce: 0.7 mi
  • Péicín Cnoc Droim Fionn: 0.8 mi
  • Cnoc Sheáin de Barra: 0.9 mi
  • Carraig a Néalladóra: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 33
Springs: 30
  • Tobar na gCaolán: 1.6 mi
  • Tobar: 1.7 mi
  • Tober an Iarainn: 2.1 mi
  • Tobar an Mhinistir: 2.1 mi
  • Well: 2.2 mi
Cliffs: 21
Parks: 14
  • Coolngrane Park: 4.0 mi
  • The Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Rossa Park: 4.5 mi
  • Gearagh Park: 12.0 mi
  • Emmet Place: 13.5 mi
Museums: 10
  • Heritage Centre: 4.5 mi
  • Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 8.1 mi
  • Cottage Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Michael Collins House Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Cape Clear Museum: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 10
Artworks: 7
Nature reserves: 5
  • The Warren Dunes: 7.0 mi
  • Long Strand Dunes: 9.0 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 15.4 mi
  • Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 22.9 mi
  • Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fall Down: 3.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Bridge: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kilmurry Woods: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Carraigín. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreN 352°545.6 m17.7 mi
Nowen HillNNW 347°535.2 m13.5 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopNNW 343°509 m13.2 mi
Mullach MéiseNNW 333°494.3 m13.6 mi
Douce MountainNNW 347°476 m18.9 mi
Doughill MountainNNW 346°471 m20.1 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopNNW 344°470 m15.1 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopNNW 340°452 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0518:49
June solstice05:2021:0421:59
September equinox07:2318:5419:38
December solstice08:4115:2816:30

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/990707852

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