Audley's Castle
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Audley's Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Walder Frey's Twins, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 24 miles off.
The story
Audley's Castle is a 15th-century castle located 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland, on a rocky height overlooking Strangford Lough. It is a three-storey Tower house named after its 16th century owner, John Audley. Audley's Castle tower house and bawn is a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Castleward, in Down District Council area, at grid ref: J5781 5058. There are thousands of small stone towers similar to Audley's Castle in the Irish countryside. They are one of the commonest of archaeological sites, which indicates these were not buildings put up for the higher aristocracy, but for lesser lords and gentry. Most were built in the late Middle Ages (roughly 1350–1550). Audley's was built towards the end of this period.
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Wikidata Q4820045, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 23.8 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- Walder Frey's Twins: 0.0 mi
- Brienne & Jaime's Hanging Tree: 0.2 mi
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 0.5 mi
- Castle Ward House: 0.9 mi
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 5.2 mi
- Temple: 0.4 mi
- Castle Ward: 0.5 mi
- Strangford Castle: 0.8 mi
- Portaferry Castle: 0.9 mi
- Kilclief Castle: 3.2 mi
- Hans Sloane: 3.3 mi
- Strangford Stone: 4.1 mi
- Girl from Mars: 6.7 mi
- The E Sculpture: 9.3 mi
- The Fields of Saintfield: 11.8 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 4.1 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 5.1 mi
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 7.5 mi
- Carney Hill: 4.8 mi
- Wallace Hill: 5.6 mi
- Monaghan Bank: 7.5 mi
- Stump Hill: 7.9 mi
- Windmill Hill: 8.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 0.9 mi
- Kilclief Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Victorian Garden: 6.4 mi
- Spinkanee: 16.3 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 17.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 19.4 mi
- The Castles: 20.1 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 20.4 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 6.9 mi
- Down County Museum: 6.9 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 7.2 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 15.6 mi
- Store House: 15.8 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 1.8 mi
- Ballyquintin Point Nature Reserve: 4.2 mi
- Killard National Nature Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 5.1 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 8.3 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Cuan Beach: 3.2 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Ballyhornan Picnic Site: 5.4 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 3.8 mi
- Mearing Well: 5.1 mi
- Toberasool: 5.4 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 5.7 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 5.7 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 3.2 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 4.3 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 6.1 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 10.1 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 11.1 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 18.2 mi
- Black Stairs: 18.7 mi
- Stepping Stones: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Audley's Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 226° | 849 m | 19.7 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 228° | 767 m | 19.8 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SW 223° | 656 m | 20.3 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | SW 230° | 641.9 m | 20.2 mi |
| Slieve Beg | SW 228° | 595.9 m | 20.5 mi |
| Slievenaglogh | SW 231° | 584.4 m | 20.4 mi |
| Slievenaglogh East Top | SW 231° | 571 m | 20.3 mi |
| Crossone | SW 224° | 540 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:26 | 17:48 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:01 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 14:48 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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