Castleknock Castle
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Castleknock Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pink Deer, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
The story
Castleknock Castle is a ruined Norman castle in Dublin, Ireland. It is now the site of St. Vincent's Castleknock College, an all-boys Catholic school. The Irish name of Castleknock is Caisleán Cnucha, derived from the older forms Cnoc and Cnucha mentioned in medieval sources.
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Wikidata Q3752934, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pink Deer: 0.2 mi
- Ean Mor: 0.5 mi
- Remembering: 0.5 mi
- All Along the Banks of the Royal Canal: 0.9 mi
- Leave it in the Past: 0.9 mi
- Ash Hill: 6.8 mi
- Verschoyle's Hill: 7.9 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 8.1 mi
- Athgoe Hill: 8.1 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 8.2 mi
- Farmleigh: 0.5 mi
- Waterstown: 0.6 mi
- Glenaulin Park: 1.4 mi
- Porterstown Park: 1.4 mi
- Drumfinn Gaels Park: 1.5 mi
- Farmleigh: 0.5 mi
- Dunsink Observatory: 1.8 mi
- Southern white rhinoceros: 2.5 mi
- Giraffe: 2.5 mi
- Western lowland gorilla: 2.5 mi
- Richmond Barracks: 3.0 mi
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 3.1 mi
- Collins Barracks: 3.6 mi
- Asgard: 3.6 mi
- The Riding School: 3.7 mi
- Bunchloch (Foundation Stone): 0.7 mi
- Church: 0.8 mi
- Martin Savage Memorial Monument: 1.6 mi
- Eddie (Ned) Slane: 1.6 mi
- Ashtown Castle: 1.6 mi
- Ashtown Lodge grounds: 1.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.6 mi
- Cherry Orchard Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- TUD Blanchardstown Horticulture Garden: 2.6 mi
- Reilly's Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Rag Well: 0.3 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 3.8 mi
- St. Catherine's Well: 4.3 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 4.5 mi
- Saint John's Well: 4.9 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 6.9 mi
- Merrion Strand: 7.7 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 9.2 mi
- Seapoint: 10.0 mi
- Portmarnock Beach: 10.8 mi
- The Grove: 5.9 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 7.9 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 8.0 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 8.1 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 9.0 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Lover's Leap: 15.5 mi
- The Shaft: 17.6 mi
- Streaky Slab: 17.7 mi
- Telegraph Slab: 18.0 mi
- Toni's: 3.0 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 9.0 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Poplar Square: 15.8 mi
- BBQ Area: 17.1 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 5.6 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 16.7 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 19.4 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 21.0 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Castleknock Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 173° | 757 m | 13.2 mi |
| Seefingan | S 181° | 723 m | 12.1 mi |
| Seahan | S 183° | 647 m | 10.5 mi |
| Tonduff | SSE 163° | 642 m | 14.9 mi |
| Seefin | S 185° | 621 m | 12.6 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | S 180° | 617 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sorrel Hill | SSW 191° | 600 m | 15.5 mi |
| Tonduff East Top | SSE 162° | 593 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8165035521
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