Castle Townshend
Castle Townshend is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Swifts Tower, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
country house in County Cork, Ireland
Wikidata Q55049139, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bealach (pass) · 3 mi
- Carraigín Na Súl · 3 mi
- Lookout over Millcove · 6 mi
- Galley Head View · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Swifts Tower: 0.0 mi
- Bayard Warren Plaque: 0.1 mi
- Battle of Castlehaven: 0.3 mi
- The Irish RM Plaque: 0.4 mi
- Raheen Castle: 0.6 mi
- Carraigín: 0.2 mi
- Cuaisín: 0.3 mi
- Cuaisín Leaca Tobar: 0.3 mi
- Tráig Mór: 0.6 mi
- Trá na Muilleen: 0.6 mi
- Péicín Cnoc Droim Fionn: 0.6 mi
- Carraig Throunce: 0.7 mi
- Cnoc Sheáin de Barra: 0.8 mi
- Carraig a Néalladóra: 0.9 mi
- Péicín: 0.9 mi
- Drishane House: 0.4 mi
- Tobar Bearcháin: 1.1 mi
- Placenames & Their Amazing Stories: 1.3 mi
- West Cork Quad Adventures: 1.9 mi
- Carraig-ín Mhóire: 2.3 mi
- Tobar na gCaolán: 1.9 mi
- Tobar: 1.9 mi
- Tober an Iarainn: 2.1 mi
- Well: 2.4 mi
- Tobar an Ime: 2.4 mi
- Faill Fraoigh: 0.6 mi
- Faill a' Cholúir: 0.8 mi
- Long Point: 0.8 mi
- Faill Dic: 0.9 mi
- Faill na gCapall: 1.0 mi
- Coolngrane Park: 4.1 mi
- The Rock: 4.1 mi
- Rossa Park: 4.6 mi
- Gearagh Park: 12.2 mi
- Emmet Place: 13.7 mi
- Heritage Centre: 4.5 mi
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 8.3 mi
- Cottage Museum: 9.5 mi
- Michael Collins House Museum: 13.7 mi
- Cape Clear Museum: 14.8 mi
- Hollybrook house Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
- Inishbeg Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Clonakilty Garden of Remembrance: 14.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 16.2 mi
- Glenview Gardens: 18.1 mi
- Canon James Goodman: 4.4 mi
- Sam Maguire: 13.5 mi
- Molly the Púca: 13.6 mi
- Captain O'Neill Statue: 14.2 mi
- Henry Ford Model T: 16.7 mi
- The Warren Dunes: 7.1 mi
- Long Strand Dunes: 9.1 mi
- Irish National Forestry Foundation: 15.7 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 23.0 mi
- Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 24.1 mi
- Fall Down: 3.3 mi
- The Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Kilmurry Woods: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Castle Townshend. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shehy More | N 352° | 545.6 m | 17.9 mi |
| Nowen Hill | NNW 347° | 535.2 m | 13.7 mi |
| Nowen Hill SW Top | NNW 343° | 509 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mullach Méise | NNW 334° | 494.3 m | 13.8 mi |
| Douce Mountain | NNW 347° | 476 m | 19.1 mi |
| Doughill Mountain | NNW 346° | 471 m | 20.3 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills E Top | NNW 344° | 470 m | 15.3 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills W Top | NNW 341° | 452 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:05 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 21:04 | 21:59 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 15:28 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/438611706
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