Faill Dic
Faill Dic is a cliff, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Castlehaven Castle, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.
Faill - Cliff Dic - etymology unclear In Edith Somerville's writings, she mentioned men were working here when the castle fell. Alt spell given by ES in 1946
What the record says
- Height
- 20 m
How to reach it
- On the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bealach (pass) · 2 mi
- Carraigín Na Súl · 2 mi
- Lookout over Millcove · 7 mi
- Galley Head View · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castlehaven Castle: 0.2 mi
- The Irish RM Plaque: 0.5 mi
- Battle of Castlehaven: 0.5 mi
- Bayard Warren Plaque: 0.8 mi
- Castle Townshend: 0.9 mi
- Péicín Cnoc Droim Fionn: 0.3 mi
- Carraig Throunce: 0.8 mi
- Carraig a Néalladóra: 0.8 mi
- Cnoc a' Tuair: 1.0 mi
- Carraig a' Shleáin: 1.0 mi
- Tráig Eilín: 0.4 mi
- Tráigín na Mná Jones: 0.5 mi
- Cuaisín: 0.6 mi
- Tráigh Carta: 0.7 mi
- Trá na Marbh: 0.8 mi
- Tobar Bearcháin: 0.3 mi
- Drishane House: 0.5 mi
- Placenames & Their Amazing Stories: 0.5 mi
- West Cork Quad Adventures: 1.3 mi
- Tobar Pártaláin: 2.9 mi
- Tobar an Ime: 1.5 mi
- The Spring: 1.9 mi
- Tober an Iarainn: 1.9 mi
- Tobar na gCaolán: 2.7 mi
- Tobar: 2.8 mi
- Faill Fraoigh: 0.6 mi
- Faill a' Cholúir: 1.1 mi
- Faill Árd: 1.1 mi
- Long Point: 1.3 mi
- Faill na gCapall: 1.5 mi
- The Rock: 3.8 mi
- Coolngrane Park: 4.0 mi
- Rossa Park: 4.3 mi
- Gearagh Park: 13.0 mi
- Emmet Place: 14.5 mi
- Hollybrook house Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
- Inishbeg Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Clonakilty Garden of Remembrance: 14.8 mi
- Walled Garden: 16.1 mi
- Glenview Gardens: 19.0 mi
- Heritage Centre: 4.2 mi
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 9.2 mi
- Cottage Museum: 10.3 mi
- Cape Clear Museum: 14.0 mi
- Michael Collins House Museum: 14.5 mi
- Canon James Goodman: 4.0 mi
- Sam Maguire: 14.2 mi
- Captain O'Neill Statue: 14.2 mi
- Molly the Púca: 14.4 mi
- Henry Ford Model T: 17.5 mi
- The Warren Dunes: 7.9 mi
- Long Strand Dunes: 9.9 mi
- Irish National Forestry Foundation: 16.5 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 23.0 mi
- Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 24.8 mi
- Fall Down: 2.4 mi
- The Bridge: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Faill Dic. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shehy More | N 354° | 545.6 m | 18.5 mi |
| Nowen Hill | N 350° | 535.2 m | 14.2 mi |
| Nowen Hill SW Top | NNW 346° | 509 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mullach Méise | NNW 337° | 494.3 m | 14.1 mi |
| Douce Mountain | N 349° | 476 m | 19.6 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills E Top | NNW 347° | 470 m | 15.7 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills W Top | NNW 344° | 452 m | 15.7 mi |
| Shehy More SW Top | N 351° | 446 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:05 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 21:04 | 21:59 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 15:28 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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