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Arkin's Castle

Arkin's Castle, a historic site in Ireland
Arkin's Castle, a historic site in IrelandRonan Mac Giollapharaic · CC BY-SA 4.0

Arkin's Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Slievecallan stands 391 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Eany's Well, a spring 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 3.7 miles off. 221 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

The story

Arkin's Castle (Irish: Caisleán Aircín) is a 13th-century ruined castle on the island of Inishmore, County Galway, Ireland. It is owned by the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment of Ireland.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q30247321, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.10482, -9.66260

Overlooks nearby

221 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 52
Peaks: 47
  • An Charcair: 2.6 mi
  • Cnoc Fionn: 9.9 mi
  • Cnoc an Phréacháin: 10.6 mi
  • Cnoc an Phobail: 11.3 mi
  • Cnoc Ros an Mhíl: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 46
Beaches: 26
  • Trá na mBuailte (Beach of the Booly): 1.8 mi
  • Port Mhuirbhigh: 4.1 mi
  • Lár na Trá: 6.5 mi
  • Port na Cille: 6.7 mi
  • Poll na gCaorach: 7.1 mi
Springs: 25
Cliffs: 8
  • Ailladie: 12.8 mi
  • Ballyryan: 12.9 mi
  • Oughtdarra: 13.4 mi
  • Oughtdarra: 13.4 mi
  • Oughtdarra: 13.5 mi
Museums: 6
Artworks: 4
Parks: 3
  • Roundstone play park: 22.7 mi
  • Hunters Park: 24.5 mi
  • Cappagh Park: 24.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Screebe Waterfall: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hen Harrier Reserve: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arkin's Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SlievecallanSE 138°391 m24.5 mi
Seanadh BhéaraN 6°358 m22.7 mi
Cnoc MordáinN 354°354 m19.0 mi
Cnoc na SaileogNNE 20°346 m21.6 mi
Slieve ElvaE 95°344 m16.4 mi
Leaca DonnaNNE 19°323 m21.1 mi
Gleninagh MountainE 84°316.1 m18.1 mi
DoughbranneenE 82°314 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0618:51
June solstice05:1321:1222:10
September equinox07:2518:5419:40
December solstice08:5115:1716:24

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1004226523

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