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Castle Carra

Castle Carra, a historic site in Ireland
Castle Carra, a historic site in IrelandMike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0
Castle Carra, a historic site in Ireland
Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Castle Carra is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Croagh Patrick stands 764 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Castleburke, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

Castle Carra is a hall house and National Monument located in County Mayo in the west of Ireland.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q28232579, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates53.72148, -9.25542

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
  • Tober Patrick: 2.6 mi
  • Tobernacannana: 3.0 mi
  • Tobermacduach: 3.4 mi
  • Toberloona: 4.0 mi
  • Tobersrah: 6.0 mi
Peaks
  • Bohaun: 6.0 mi
  • Runnet Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Crucspullagadaun: 9.3 mi
  • Slieve Carn: 11.1 mi
  • Fox Hill: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 18
Artworks: 16
Parks: 10
  • Mayo Peace Park: 9.4 mi
  • Lough Lannagh Park: 9.4 mi
  • Town Park: 9.7 mi
  • McMahon Park: 10.4 mi
  • Clew Bay Park: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Thornhill Strand: 17.6 mi
  • Thornhill Strand: 18.0 mi
  • White Strand: 18.2 mi
  • Bunnatruffa: 18.4 mi
  • Cooltraw Strand: 18.7 mi
Museums: 7
Gardens: 6
  • Green Campus Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Hospital Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Walled garden: 13.0 mi
  • Garden Rest Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Wild Willow Garden: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Old Head Woods: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Castle Carra. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Croagh PatrickW 279°764 m16.7 mi
TievummeraWSW 258°762 m19.6 mi
TievnabinniaW 260°742 m18.2 mi
Ben GormWSW 251°700 m20.2 mi
Ben CregganWSW 253°693 m20.2 mi
Ben Creggan South TopWSW 253°687 m20.2 mi
Mám TrasnaWSW 240°682 m14.9 mi
Binn GharbhWSW 242°645 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:0318:50
June solstice05:0721:1322:12
September equinox07:2318:5219:38
December solstice08:5315:1016:18

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1137860610

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