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Cuas Dubh

Cuas Dubh from directly overhead

Cuas Dubh is a beach, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Trá na mBó, a beach 0.2 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.5 miles off.

Cuas - Cove, Dubh - black. Said that there was a tunnel from here that went under Nagle's house but it was blocked off in the storm in 1962

How to reach it

Coordinates51.53244, -9.13334

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • Péicin Thalamh na Gainmhe: 0.5 mi
  • Poll na Slinne: 1.4 mi
  • Cartivourneen: 1.4 mi
  • Cnoc Sheáin de Barra: 1.4 mi
  • Stuaicín: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 32
Springs: 32
  • Tobar na Cille: 1.1 mi
  • Well: 1.5 mi
  • Tobar na gCaolán: 1.6 mi
  • Tobar: 1.6 mi
  • Tobar na gCapall: 1.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
Parks: 14
  • Coolngrane Park: 5.5 mi
  • The Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Rossa Park: 6.1 mi
  • Gearagh Park: 10.9 mi
  • Emmet Place: 12.1 mi
Museums: 10
  • Heritage Centre: 6.1 mi
  • Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 7.3 mi
  • Cottage Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Michael Collins House Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Michael Collins Centre: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 7
Nature reserves: 5
  • The Warren Dunes: 5.5 mi
  • Long Strand Dunes: 7.4 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 14.8 mi
  • Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 23.8 mi
  • Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fall Down: 4.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Bridge: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kilmurry Woods: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Cuas Dubh. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreNNW 347°545.6 m18.1 mi
Nowen HillNNW 340°535.2 m14.0 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopNNW 336°509 m13.8 mi
Mullach MéiseNNW 327°494.3 m14.4 mi
Douce MountainNNW 342°476 m19.3 mi
Doughill MountainNNW 341°471 m20.6 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopNNW 338°470 m15.6 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopNNW 335°452 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0518:49
June solstice05:2021:0421:58
September equinox07:2318:5319:37
December solstice08:4115:2816:30

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1001389752

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