Historic site
Conn O'Neill's Castle Site
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Conn O'Neill's Castle Site is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Clonduff Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 6.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1471
How to reach it
Coordinates54.56967, -5.87408
- 6.7 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Clonduff Park: 0.6 mi
- Carema Allen Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Daddy Winker's Park: 1.2 mi
- Orangefield Park Playing Fields: 1.3 mi
- Clarawood Millennium Park: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
- Lisnabreeny Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Castlereagh War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Cregagh Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
- Victoria Crosses of the 36th Ulster Division: 1.1 mi
- Lord Kelvin's Statue: 2.7 mi
Peaks
- Braniel Hill: 1.0 mi
- Galloway Hill: 3.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Black Hill: 5.8 mi
- Cairngaver: 5.9 mi
Gardens
- Knockbreda Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Lisvannon Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- City Quays Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Terrace Hill Garden: 3.5 mi
- Saint James' Community Farm: 3.7 mi
Attractions
- 49 Hyndford Street, known as George Cassidy Jazz Muscian's childhood home: 1.5 mi
- Van Morrison's childhood home: 1.5 mi
- Palm House: 2.6 mi
- The Belfast Barge: 2.7 mi
- Port Mark: 2.9 mi
Artworks
- Lord Street Symbolical Landscape: 2.0 mi
- The Searcher: 2.0 mi
- Avoniel Road Symbolical Landscape: 2.0 mi
- Thorndyke Street Murals: 2.1 mi
- Charter Pole: 2.2 mi
Museums: 36
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 0.8 mi
- George Best's Family Home: 1.1 mi
- Police Museum: 1.5 mi
- Ulster Museum: 2.6 mi
- W5: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- Lagan Meadows: 2.6 mi
- Bog Meadows: 3.8 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 4.2 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 6.5 mi
- Castle Espie Wetland Centre: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 15
- Cuan Beach: 15.2 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 17.4 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 19.5 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
Springs: 11
- Volunteers' Well: 6.0 mi
- Spa Well: 12.6 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 13.1 mi
- Sunday Well: 13.2 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 10
- Seapark Beach: 5.9 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 6.5 mi
- Brompton Bay: 10.2 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 10.3 mi
- Browns bay walk: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Limestone Quarry: 6.0 mi
- Cave Hill: 6.2 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 6.8 mi
- Spinkanee: 19.6 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 0.7 mi
- Stepping Stones: 15.3 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Conn O'Neill's Castle Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | SSW 194° | 534 m | 16.4 mi |
| Divis | WNW 297° | 478 m | 6.5 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | N 353° | 474 m | 19.3 mi |
| Slievenisky | SSW 192° | 446 m | 16.9 mi |
| Cratlieve | SSW 198° | 429 m | 17.2 mi |
| Slievegarran | SSW 193° | 391 m | 18.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 296° | 389 m | 5.6 mi |
| Squires Hill | NW 319° | 374 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:04 | 22:04 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:47 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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