Ardfinnan Castle
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
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Ardfinnan Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Greenane stands 801 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodcock Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Ardfinnan Castle, is a castle built in 1185 with its sister Lismore Castle, by the river crossing at Ardfinnan (Ard Fhíonáin in Irish) in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated on the River Suir, four miles south of Cahir and seven miles west of Clonmel. One of the earliest Norman castles in Ireland, Ardfinnan and Lismore represent the oldest castles built by the Norman Crown in Ireland. The castle and grounds are a private residence and not open for public viewing. The Anglo-Norman castle is positioned on a large rocky incline above a ford in the river, looking out over the Suir valley with the Knockmealdown Mountains to the south, and the Galtee Mountains to the northwest. The castle is a parallelogram in shape with a fortified entrance gateway, keep and circular 13th century preceptory at its eastern corners, while to the west are ruins of two towers and a great hall. The full extent of its structure is hidden by the trees of the Castle Wood. The castle is bound at the riverbank, bridge and road by its old watermill.
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Dates from 1186.
Wikidata Q4185801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Woodcock Hill: 1.3 mi
- Roche's Hill: 4.3 mi
- Crohan West: 4.7 mi
- Knockshane: 4.8 mi
- Knocknagearagh: 5.0 mi
- Roosca Castle: 2.3 mi
- Ballindoney Castle: 2.3 mi
- Coolbane Castle: 3.7 mi
- Nicholastown Castle: 3.8 mi
- Loughlohery Beating Church: 3.8 mi
- Poulatar: 2.3 mi
- Tobernacally: 2.4 mi
- White Well: 2.8 mi
- St. Kieran's Well: 3.0 mi
- Tobererohan: 3.8 mi
- Swiss Cottage: 3.7 mi
- Caher Abbey: 5.1 mi
- Crusader's Grave: 6.3 mi
- Main Guard: 8.1 mi
- Mitchelstown Cave: 9.7 mi
- Inch Field: 4.8 mi
- Denis Burke Park: 8.2 mi
- Richard Mulcahy Town Park: 9.1 mi
- Mill Wheel Park: 11.4 mi
- Canal View Park: 11.8 mi
- Prince of Pipers: 4.8 mi
- Saint Patrick: 6.3 mi
- Saint Brigid: 8.3 mi
- Berlin Wall: 12.1 mi
- Robert Boyle & St. Carthage: 12.2 mi
- Gairdín Gharraí na Leadhb: 7.8 mi
- Lismore Castle Formal Garden: 12.0 mi
- Castle Garden: 12.0 mi
- north walled garden: 12.7 mi
- Condon's Corner: 13.9 mi
- Tipperary Museum of Hidden History: 8.2 mi
- Fethard Horse Country Experience: 13.2 mi
- Cashel Folk Musuem: 14.3 mi
- Waterford County Museum: 18.9 mi
- Heritage Centre: 19.9 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 9.8 mi
- Ballard Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Mahon Falls: 15.0 mi
- Assaroula Waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Mahon Valley: 14.0 mi
- Eagles Step: 14.7 mi
- Eagles Step: 14.7 mi
- Mahon Valley: 15.0 mi
- Stradbally Cove: 22.0 mi
- Ballydowane Cove: 23.7 mi
- Tra na mBo: 24.6 mi
- Bunmahon Strand: 24.8 mi
- Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 3.3 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 13.2 mi
- Fiddown Island: 23.8 mi
- Mocollop Picnic Site: 14.3 mi
- Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 17.2 mi
- Life Space Park: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Ardfinnan Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenane | WNW 292° | 801.3 m | 10.5 mi |
| Knockmealdown | SSW 195° | 792.4 m | 6.0 mi |
| Knockmoylan | SSW 196° | 767.1 m | 5.4 mi |
| Knocknafallia | S 173° | 666.5 m | 6.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Hill | SSW 210° | 662.7 m | 5.2 mi |
| Knocknagnauv | S 181° | 655.1 m | 5.8 mi |
| Knockshanahullion | SW 229° | 653.3 m | 6.8 mi |
| Laghtshanaquilla | WNW 300° | 629.4 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 17:59 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 21:02 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:48 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:40 | 15:17 | 16:21 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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