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Collinstown House Ruins

Collinstown House Ruins from directly overhead

Collinstown House Ruins is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Youth Culture, a artwork 0.3 miles away.

These oval-shaped mounds are the remains of Collinstown House, a Georgian mansion that used to occupy this property and once housed British Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman before it was converted for public use as a park and housing.

The story

Townland in Clondalkin, County Dublin, Ireland.

Wikidata Q104261300, matched on coordinates and name (223 m apart).

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates53.34035, -6.39392

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Balgaddy Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cherry Orchard Park: 0.8 mi
  • Drumfinn Gaels Park: 1.2 mi
  • Hermitage Park: 1.3 mi
  • Glenaulin Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 59
Attractions
Museums: 56
Gardens: 54
  • Cherry Orchard Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Walled Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Ashtown Lodge grounds: 3.3 mi
  • Tree of Hope: 3.7 mi
  • Bee Kind: 3.8 mi
Springs
Beaches: 27
Nature reserves: 20
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Toni's: 3.3 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 10.0 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 13.2 mi
  • Poplar Square: 13.8 mi
  • BBQ Area: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Collinstown House Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureSSE757 m11.5 mi
SeefinganS723 m10.2 mi
GravaleS719 m15.0 mi
War HillSSE685 m15.0 mi
CarrigvoreSSE682 m14.8 mi
SeahanS647 m8.5 mi
TonduffSSE642 m13.4 mi
SeefinS621 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5218:38
June solstice04:5821:0021:58
September equinox07:1218:4119:27
December solstice08:3915:0216:09

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4783288339

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