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Foulksrath Castle

Foulksrath Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Croghan stands 365 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Catherine's Well, a spring 1.3 miles away.

The story

Foulksrath Castle (Irish: Caislean Ratha) is a 14th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q8564973, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.74960, -7.31602

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Nale's Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Purcell's Kill: 5.4 mi
  • Ballynalacken Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Knockmannon Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Kyle Hill: 6.6 mi
Artworks
Parks: 52
  • Fair Green: 2.9 mi
  • Millenium Park: 3.8 mi
  • Kilkenny Countryside Park: 4.4 mi
  • Richmond swimming area: 5.0 mi
  • Nore Linear Park: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 38
Gardens: 27
  • Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Uppercourt Demesne Walled Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Rothe House Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Famine Memorial Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 7.3 mi
Museums: 24
  • Ionad Lachtain: 3.6 mi
  • Irish Fly Fishing and Game Shooting Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Footprints In Coal: 6.2 mi
  • Stephens Barracks Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Rothe House & Garden: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Castle View: 17.6 mi
  • Lacca: 22.2 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 10.3 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock of Foyle: 5.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Foulksrath Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CroghanSE 137°365 m18.1 mi
CoppanaghSE 142°365 m18.6 mi
Clomantagh HillW 265°349 m8.1 mi
KnocknamuckSW 231°340 m11.6 mi
Clogrennan HillENE 71°336 m13.6 mi
Fossy MountainNNE 24°332 m14.8 mi
Fossy HillNNE 23°323 m14.3 mi
Cullenagh MountainN 10°317 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5718:42
June solstice05:0521:0221:58
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:4015:1116:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/524081526

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