Clough Castle
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Clough Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the south-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is On the Way to the Fair, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 26 miles off.
The story
Clough Castle is a 12th century Anglo-Norman motte-and-bailey castle located in Clough, County Down, Northern Ireland. It consists of a ruined tower house situated on a 7.6 metres (25 ft) high motte. A small crescent-shaped bailey lies next to the south-east of the motte, separated by a 2.1 metres (6 ft 11 in) deep ditch.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1000s.
Wikidata Q1102669, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1177
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- On the Way to the Fair: 0.1 mi
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 2.2 mi
- Square Days and Fair Days: 4.9 mi
- Girl from Mars: 5.5 mi
- Tails of Flight: 5.7 mi
- Seaforde House: 1.9 mi
- Nut Grove House: 2.5 mi
- Castle Screen: 3.5 mi
- Grave of Magnus Barefoot: 4.7 mi
- Tea House: 4.9 mi
- Edenarrif Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Slievehanny: 4.1 mi
- Dunmore Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Dunturk Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Clonvaraghan Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Harrison Vista: 4.9 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Castlewellan Forest Park: 5.4 mi
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Drumkeeragh Forest Park: 6.0 mi
- Seaforde Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Nutgrove Garden: 2.5 mi
- Spring Garden: 4.9 mi
- The Annesley Garden: 5.0 mi
- Scented Garden: 5.0 mi
- Mount Panther Farm Park: 1.1 mi
- The King in the North: 5.3 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 6.8 mi
- The Starks Find Direwolf Pups: 6.9 mi
- The Wildling Pit: 7.1 mi
- Spinkanee: 4.4 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 6.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 8.0 mi
- The Castles: 8.6 mi
- Spellack: 9.0 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 0.3 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 1.9 mi
- Widow's Row Car Park: 1.9 mi
- Dundrum Boat Park: 2.2 mi
- Greenbanks picnic site: 2.4 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 5.1 mi
- Down County Museum: 5.3 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 5.3 mi
- Linen Centre and Museum: 17.3 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 19.4 mi
- Murlough National Nature Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Bohill Nature Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 3.9 mi
- Murlough Nature Reserve: 4.1 mi
- Tollymore Forest Park Entrance: 5.7 mi
- St Patrick's Well: 2.1 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 6.8 mi
- Toberasool: 6.9 mi
- Mearing Well: 7.2 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 7.7 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 4.8 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 6.5 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 11.6 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 12.1 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 12.2 mi
- Black Stairs: 7.4 mi
- Stepping Stones: 14.8 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Clough Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SSW 204° | 849 m | 8.5 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SSW 210° | 767 m | 8.2 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | SW 220° | 739 m | 9.7 mi |
| Slievelamagan | SSW 211° | 702 m | 10.1 mi |
| Slieve Meelbeg | SW 223° | 702 m | 10.2 mi |
| Slieve Meelmore | SW 223° | 687 m | 9.7 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | SW 220° | 680 m | 9.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SSW 199° | 656 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:50 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:50 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/619902349
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