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Carrigaholt Castle

Carrigaholt Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Slievecallan stands 391 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dolphin Watch Carrigaholt, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.6 miles off. 172 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

The story

Castle ruin in Ireland.

Dates from 1480.

Wikidata Q4185838, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.59996, -9.69948

Overlooks nearby

172 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 59
  • Carrigaholt Fort ( 19th Century): 1.1 mi
  • Knocknagarhoon Signal Tower: 3.3 mi
  • Knocknagarhoon Castle: 3.3 mi
  • Church ruins: 3.7 mi
  • Ocean Rowers Memorial: 3.8 mi
Springs: 42
  • Toberreendooney: 6.0 mi
  • Toberfell: 6.1 mi
  • Saint Martin's Well: 6.1 mi
  • Tobernacree: 6.8 mi
  • Tobar Sinean: 7.7 mi
Peaks: 17
Parks: 13
Attractions: 12
Artworks: 9
Beaches: 6
Museums: 6
Gardens: 3
Cliffs: 2
  • Cliffs of Dooneen: 3.0 mi
  • Bromore Cliffs: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Kilflynn Nature Reserve: 17.6 mi
  • Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco and Activity Park: 23.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Virgin Rock: 5.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SlievecallanNE391 m24.5 mi
Ballincollig HillSSE356 m20.8 mi
CruslineS355 m20.2 mi
Stack's MountainSSE340 m20.0 mi
Knight's MountainSSE334 m23.9 mi
MuinganearSSE330 m23.8 mi
KnockanoreSE321 m6.5 mi
KnockawahigESE311 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0618:52
June solstice05:1621:1122:07
September equinox07:2518:5519:40
December solstice08:4915:2216:27

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/292955024

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