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Dardistown Castle

Dardistown Castle, a historic site in Ireland
Dardistown Castle, a historic site in IrelandKieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dardistown Castle, a historic site in Ireland
Kieran Campbell · CC BY-SA 2.0

Dardistown Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mount Oriel stands 304 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Calliaghstown Well, a spring 0.8 miles away. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Dardistown Castle is a castle and country house situated in parkland near Julianstown in County Meath, Ireland a few miles south of Drogheda. The medieval castle itself is a large four-storey medieval tower house to which a Victorian residential frontage has been added. The tower is square with sides about 44 feet long and 50 feet high, with a turret at each corner. The ground floor contains the main room with vaulted smaller rooms in three of the four turrets. The fourth turret contains an anti-clockwise spiral staircase. All the upper floors have wooden ceilings and fireplaces in each main room. The corner turrets are higher than the rest of the tower and have a small flight of stairs leading to the turret roof. The staircase turret leads to a parapet walk. The residential extensions were added around 1750 with the addition of a front hall, drawing room and dining room, to which upper floors were later added. Other extensions were added around 1800 and the frontage was built in 1860.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5222457, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates53.66451, -6.31364
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites: 58
  • Ballygarth Castle: 2.0 mi
  • Donacarney Castle (ruin): 3.5 mi
  • Gormanston Castle: 3.8 mi
  • Newgrange Business Park: 3.8 mi
  • The Thosel: 3.8 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Saint Dominicks Park: 4.0 mi
  • The Ring: 4.2 mi
  • Brookville Park: 4.4 mi
  • Mill Pond Skateboarding Course: 6.7 mi
  • Balbriggan Town Park: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 53
  • Naul Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Knockbrack: 6.8 mi
  • Hollywood Great: 7.6 mi
  • Newtown Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Hurcle Hill: 8.9 mi
Museums: 51
Gardens: 51
Springs
Beaches: 16
  • North Beach: 10.1 mi
  • South Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Portrane Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Tower Bay Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Donabate Beach: 15.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • BBQ Area: 8.5 mi
  • Port Oriel: 9.9 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 15.8 mi
  • Toni's: 22.4 mi
  • The Bush: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Ben Head: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dardistown Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount OrielNW304 m11.9 mi
Slieve BreaghWNW225 m13.2 mi
Black HillNW209 m10.4 mi
KnockbrackSSE176 m6.8 mi
Ben of HowthSSE171 m22.5 mi
Simpson's MountainWNW170 m14.4 mi
Shielmartin HillSSE163 m22.2 mi
Mullagha HillWNW159 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5218:38
June solstice04:5621:0122:00
September equinox07:1118:4019:27
December solstice08:4114:5816:07

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/294233117

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