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Ballyheigue Castle

Ballyheigue Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Baurtregaum stands 851 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Roger Casement statue, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.6 miles off.

The story

Ballyheigue Castle, in Ballyheigue, County Kerry, is a ruined Tudor-gothic-revival-style mansion. It was used as a residence of the Crosbie family (including the Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe, High Sheriffs of Kerry and members of the UK Parliament) and later as a jail. It has been burned twice. It is currently part of a golf course.

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Wikidata Q49157930, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.39228, -9.83885

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Kilmoyly Church: 3.0 mi
  • Kerry Head Signal Tower: 4.0 mi
  • 15th Centenary of the birth of St-Bredan: 5.0 mi
  • Rathoneen Castle (remains of): 5.1 mi
  • Statue of Roger Casement: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 22
Parks: 13
Artworks: 10
Beaches: 9
Museums: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Garden of the Senses: 10.3 mi
  • Joe Keohane Roundabout: 10.6 mi
  • Ballymullen Roundabout: 10.8 mi
  • Tom Crean Memorial Garden: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Bromore Cliffs: 12.3 mi
  • Cliffs of Dooneen: 14.7 mi
  • Maughanablagher Cliffs: 20.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Virgin Rock: 11.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Ballyheigue Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
BaurtregaumS 178°851 m12.8 mi
CaherconreeS 183°835 m13.1 mi
Binn os GaoithSW 219°826 m15.9 mi
Binn FhaicheWSW 238°822.5 m20.1 mi
Baurtregaum NE TopS 177°818.5 m12.5 mi
Stradbally MountainSW 219°798 m15.5 mi
GearhaneS 183°792 m12.5 mi
Más an TiompáinWSW 243°761.9 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0718:52
June solstice05:1821:1022:06
September equinox07:2618:5519:40
December solstice08:4815:2416:28

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1479063296

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