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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

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
Beaches
Attractions: 32
Springs: 26
  • 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: 8
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 21.6 miles of Cuas Dubh. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreNNW546 m18.1 mi
Nowen HillNNW535 m14.0 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopNNW509 m13.8 mi
Mullach MéiseNNW494 m14.4 mi
Douce MountainNNW476 m19.3 mi
Doughill MountainNNW471 m20.6 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopNNW470 m15.6 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopNNW452 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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