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Church ruins

Church ruins from directly overhead

Church ruins is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Keadeen Mountain stands 653 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gorden Bennet Race memorial, a historic site 2.2 miles away.

Ruined church, possibly since at least the 13th century. According to the National Monuments Service it contains the remains of a font, but as of 2025 the interior is thickly overgrown and inaccessible.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.05239, -6.89143

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Gorden Bennet Race memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Blackhall Castle: 3.5 mi
  • Pigeon House Ruin: 3.9 mi
  • Castle ruins: 5.2 mi
  • Athy War Memorial: 5.4 mi
Springs
Peaks
  • Brewel Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Semaphore Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Mullaghreelan: 8.1 mi
  • Bawn Hill: 8.6 mi
Parks
  • People's Park: 5.6 mi
  • Moone Park: 6.2 mi
  • Irish National Stud & Japanese Gardens: 6.4 mi
  • Cherry Avenue Park: 7.0 mi
  • Nicholastown: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 47
Attractions: 29
Gardens: 23
  • Camphill: 8.2 mi
  • Camphill: 8.3 mi
  • Emo Court Walled Gardens: 13.0 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 13.7 mi
  • Duckett's Grove Walled Gardens: 13.9 mi
Museums: 17
Picnic sites: 10
  • Moore Abbey Wood: 8.5 mi
  • Newbridge Town Park: 9.8 mi
  • Emo Court picnic area: 13.3 mi
  • Carrick Woods: 13.8 mi
  • Blackhall bridge picnic area: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • North Prison: 18.4 mi
  • South Prison: 18.8 mi
  • Goat Bench: 18.9 mi
  • Abseil: 19.2 mi
  • Great Gully Ridge: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Nature reserves: 5
Beaches: 1
  • Coon Beach: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Church ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keadeen MountainESE 119°653 m14.7 mi
CarrigE 95°650.3 m16.9 mi
LobawnE 98°636 m14.7 mi
Carrig MountainESE 121°571 m15.3 mi
Table Mountain West TopE 98°563 m15.6 mi
SugarloafESE 101°552 m14.1 mi
PinnacleE 97°548.5 m13.3 mi
Church MountainE 89°544 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5518:40
June solstice05:0221:0121:58
September equinox07:1418:4319:29
December solstice08:4015:0616:13

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/336970013

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