Historic site
Crimean Cannon
Crimean Cannon is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Slieve Gullion stands 573 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Boer War memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
Cannon captured in 1854 from the Russians in the Crimean War.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates54.34942, -6.65116
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Cathedral Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Astropark: 0.3 mi
- Palace Demesne Public Park: 0.5 mi
- Folly Glen: 0.7 mi
- Keady Glen: 6.9 mi
Peaks
- Carrigatuke: 8.4 mi
- Castle Hill: 11.8 mi
- Mullyash Mountain: 12.0 mi
- Single Tree Hill: 12.5 mi
- Drumilly Mountain: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 53
- Boer War memorial: 0.0 mi
- War memorial: 0.1 mi
- Armagh Rail Disaster Memorial Sculpture: 0.2 mi
- Patrick McGee: 0.2 mi
- Rokeby Obelisk: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 45
- Celestial Sphere: 0.1 mi
- StarStone: 0.2 mi
- Turning Point: 0.2 mi
- Market Days and Fair Days: 0.2 mi
- For the Love of Emer: 0.2 mi
Attractions: 40
- Armagh Gaol: 0.3 mi
- Navan Centre and Fort: 2.1 mi
- Dean Swift's Well: 6.1 mi
- Dan Winter's cottage: 6.7 mi
- Nature Play Area: 7.9 mi
Springs: 15
- St. Muadain's Well: 13.6 mi
- St Dympna's Well: 16.3 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 17.6 mi
- St Moninna's Well: 17.6 mi
- King James's Well: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 12
- Aughanduff Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Keggall Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Favour Royal Forest Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
- Massrock Lane Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Knockiveagh Picnic Site: 19.2 mi
Museums: 8
- Armagh County Museum: 0.1 mi
- Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum: 0.1 mi
- Milford House Museum: 0.2 mi
- No 5 Vicars' Hill: 0.3 mi
- Ranfurly House: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 7
- Walled Garden: 3.2 mi
- Secret Garden: 5.8 mi
- Pleasure gardens: 10.0 mi
- Edenvilla Secret Garden: 10.5 mi
- The Walled Garden: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Iron Hawk Area: 18.7 mi
- Heather Blazing Area: 18.7 mi
- No Alibi Area: 18.7 mi
- Goin Back Area: 18.7 mi
- Ride Lonesome Area: 18.7 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Brackagh Nature Reserve: 9.6 mi
- Drumcrow ASSI: 10.7 mi
- Oxford Island National Nature Reserve: 14.7 mi
- Bird Sanctuary: 17.9 mi
- Ballybay Wetland Centre: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Castleshane Waterfall: 12.5 mi
- Stepping Stones: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Crimean Cannon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Gullion | SSE 151° | 573 m | 18.0 mi |
| Clermont | SE 143° | 444 m | 22.2 mi |
| Camlough Mountain | SE 141° | 423 m | 16.4 mi |
| Anglesey Mountain | SE 141° | 421 m | 22.2 mi |
| Slieve Beagh | W 268° | 380 m | 21.9 mi |
| Slieve Beagh SE Top | W 268° | 373 m | 21.4 mi |
| Carrigatuke | S 170° | 365 m | 8.4 mi |
| Eshmore | W 265° | 337 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:30 | 17:52 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 21:06 | 22:06 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:46 | 14:53 | 16:04 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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