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Cloch na gCoillte

Cloch na gCoillte from directly overhead

Cloch na gCoillte is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Emmet Place, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
wood
Inscription
Cloch na gCoillte UNVEILED BY PRESIDENT of IRELAND MICHAEL D. HIGGINS ON 5th MAY 2013 TO COMMEMORATE THE CREATION OF THE BOROUGH OF CLONAKILTY BY CHARTER ON 5th MAY 1613
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Coordinates51.62205, -8.89157

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Beaches
  • Inchydoney Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Stoney Beach Ring: 2.6 mi
  • Cave Tunnel: 3.5 mi
  • Carraig na gCapall: 4.1 mi
  • Red Strand: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Corran Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Carrigfadda: 8.8 mi
  • Big Height: 11.4 mi
  • Poll na Slinne: 11.4 mi
  • Big Bank: 11.5 mi
Springs: 51
Attractions: 39
Parks: 24
  • Emmet Place: 0.0 mi
  • Riverside amenity area: 0.1 mi
  • Croppy Park: 0.4 mi
  • Parking 5cars: 3.1 mi
  • Gearagh Park: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 21
Artworks: 15
  • Henry Ford Model T: 3.7 mi
  • St Patrick: 5.6 mi
  • St. Molaga's Sheef: 5.6 mi
  • Molly the Púca: 8.3 mi
  • Sam Maguire: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 10
Museums: 9
  • Michael Collins House Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Michael Collins Centre: 3.3 mi
  • Cottage Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 7.0 mi
  • West Cork Heritage Centre: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Long Strand Dunes: 5.5 mi
  • The Warren Dunes: 6.6 mi
  • Irish National Forestry Foundation: 8.8 mi
  • Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 12.9 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 13.8 mi
  • Kilmurry Woods: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Fall Down: 16.9 mi
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Cloch na gCoillte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shehy MoreNW 308°545.6 m18.4 mi
Nowen HillWNW 295°535.2 m16.6 mi
Nowen Hill SW TopWNW 292°509 m17.2 mi
Mullach MéiseWNW 288°494.3 m19.1 mi
Douce MountainNW 307°476 m20.4 mi
Doughill MountainNW 308°471 m21.6 mi
Maughanaclea Hills E TopWNW 297°470 m18.2 mi
Maughanaclea Hills W TopWNW 295°452 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0418:48
June solstice05:1821:0321:58
September equinox07:2218:5219:36
December solstice08:4015:2616:28

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13291263125

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