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Cuas na Leac

Cuas na Leac from directly overhead

Cuas na Leac is a beach, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cuas na gCloch, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.3 miles off.

Cuas = cove, crevice Leac = flat stone, flagstone English name due to Sisters of Mercy from Skibbereen Convent using this cuas during summer months during the 20th century.

How to reach it

Coordinates51.50905, -9.19905

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • Carraig a' Shleáin: 0.7 mi
  • Cnoc a' Tuair: 0.8 mi
  • Piceán: 1.2 mi
  • Suí Finn: 1.2 mi
  • Péicín Cnoc Droim Fionn: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions: 33
Springs: 29
Cliffs: 21
Parks: 12
  • The Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Rossa Park: 4.4 mi
  • Coolngrane Park: 4.4 mi
  • Gearagh Park: 14.0 mi
  • Emmet Place: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 10
Museums: 8
  • Heritage Centre: 4.3 mi
  • Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 10.2 mi
  • Cottage Museum: 11.1 mi
  • Cape Clear Museum: 13.3 mi
  • Michael Collins House Museum: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 7
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fall Down: 1.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • The Bridge: 10.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Cuas na Leac. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreN 356°545.6 m19.2 mi
Nowen HillN 353°535.2 m14.9 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopN 349°509 m14.5 mi
Mullach MéiseNNW 340°494.3 m14.6 mi
Douce MountainN 351°476 m20.3 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopN 349°470 m16.4 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopNNW 346°452 m16.3 mi
Shehy More SW TopN 353°446 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0518:49
June solstice05:2021:0421:58
September equinox07:2318:5419:38
December solstice08:4115:2916:30

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/973964390

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