Famine Wall
Famine Wall is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Conigar SW Top stands 566 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Stuaicín, a peak 0.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.
This wood once formed part of the Salter Townsend estate whose residence was at nearby Castletownsend. Historical features ... include a sturdy stone wall known as the “Famine” wall, built during the famine to keep deer within the estate.
What the record says
- Height
- 3 m
How to reach it
- On the Wild Atlantic Way, National
- 29.4 mi off the Ring of Kerry
Overlooks nearby
- Bealach (pass) · 4 mi
- Carraigín Na Súl · 4 mi
- Lookout over Millcove · 5 mi
- Galley Head View · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stuaicín: 0.3 mi
- Nancy's Hill: 0.5 mi
- Péicín: 0.6 mi
- Cartivourneen: 1.3 mi
- Cnoc Buí: 1.3 mi
- Castle Ire: 0.7 mi
- Raheen Castle: 0.9 mi
- Swifts Tower: 1.4 mi
- Castle Townshend: 1.4 mi
- Bayard Warren Plaque: 1.5 mi
- Drishane House: 1.7 mi
- Carraig-ín Mhóire: 2.0 mi
- Leap waterfall: 2.4 mi
- Tobar Bearcháin: 2.5 mi
- Placenames & Their Amazing Stories: 2.6 mi
- Tobar na gCaolán: 0.7 mi
- Tobar: 0.8 mi
- Tobar an Mhinistir: 1.1 mi
- Well: 1.1 mi
- Tobar na gCapall: 1.3 mi
- Long Point: 1.9 mi
- Faill na gCapall: 1.9 mi
- Faill na Briste: 2.0 mi
- Faill Fraoigh: 2.0 mi
- Faill a' Cholúir: 2.0 mi
- Coolngrane Park: 3.8 mi
- The Rock: 4.2 mi
- Rossa Park: 4.5 mi
- Gearagh Park: 11.0 mi
- Emmet Place: 12.8 mi
- Heritage Centre: 4.6 mi
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 7.1 mi
- Cottage Museum: 8.9 mi
- Michael Collins House Museum: 12.8 mi
- Cape Clear Museum: 15.7 mi
- Hollybrook house Japanese Garden: 4.6 mi
- Inishbeg Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Clonakilty Garden of Remembrance: 13.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 15.6 mi
- Glenview Gardens: 16.9 mi
- Canon James Goodman: 4.4 mi
- Sam Maguire: 12.1 mi
- Molly the Púca: 12.2 mi
- Captain O'Neill Statue: 13.5 mi
- Henry Ford Model T: 15.7 mi
- The Warren Dunes: 6.5 mi
- Long Strand Dunes: 8.6 mi
- Irish National Forestry Foundation: 14.3 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 22.3 mi
- Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 22.7 mi
- Fall Down: 4.5 mi
- The Bridge: 12.5 mi
- Kilmurry Woods: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Famine Wall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conigar SW Top | NNW 335° | 566 m | 20.0 mi |
| Shehy More | N 351° | 546 m | 16.6 mi |
| Nowen Hill | NNW 344° | 535 m | 12.4 mi |
| Nowen Hill SW Top | NNW 340° | 509 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mullach Méise | NNW 330° | 494 m | 12.7 mi |
| Douce Mountain | NNW 345° | 476 m | 17.8 mi |
| Doughill Mountain | NNW 344° | 471 m | 19.1 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills E Top | NNW 341° | 470 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:05 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 21:04 | 21:59 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 15:28 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/379538950
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