Historic site · Ireland
Great Famine Project
Great Famine Project is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Slieve Na Calliagh stands 329 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pauper's Cemetery, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates53.73364, -6.90525
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Ballynamona: 1.1 mi
- Mountainpole: 1.2 mi
- Castlekeeran: 1.9 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Maperath: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 58
- The Pauper's Cemetery: 0.0 mi
- Spire of Lloyd: 0.0 mi
- The Kieran Flanagan Way: 0.1 mi
- Kells Round Tower: 1.1 mi
- Kells High Crosses and Round Tower: 1.1 mi
Springs
- Saint Colmcille's Well: 0.9 mi
- Saint Keeran's Well: 2.2 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 3.2 mi
- Saint Reid's Well: 4.6 mi
- St Bridget's Well: 4.8 mi
Parks: 46
- People's Park: 0.0 mi
- Remembrance Garden: 1.0 mi
- Blackthorn Grove Park: 1.5 mi
- Old Kells Courthouse: 1.5 mi
- Deerpark Carlanstown: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 26
- Book of Kells: 1.0 mi
- Sentinel At Dusk: 1.2 mi
- Wishing Tree: 1.2 mi
- Maureen O'Hara: 1.2 mi
- Plough: 1.2 mi
Attractions: 22
- Kells Round Tower: 1.1 mi
- Causey Farm: 4.7 mi
- Farmaphobia: 4.7 mi
- Loughcrew Megalithic Tombs: 8.5 mi
- Saint Oliver Plunkett's Church and Tower House: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 14
- Parnell Garden: 1.3 mi
- Loughcrew Gardens: 9.8 mi
- Virginia Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- Secret Garden: 12.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 13.7 mi
Museums: 8
- Moynalty Steam Threshing Museum: 3.8 mi
- The Bailieborough Bridewell: 13.0 mi
- The GPO Exhibition: 15.2 mi
- Cavan County Museum: 15.2 mi
- Irish Military Museum And Park: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Mullaghmeen Forest: 15.1 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
- Rock of Curry: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Great Famine Project. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Na Calliagh | W 275° | 329 m | 8.4 mi |
| Teevurcher | N 357° | 255 m | 10.4 mi |
| Edennagully | N 2° | 237 m | 11.0 mi |
| Ughtyneill | NNE 16° | 204 m | 6.3 mi |
| Murmod Hill | NW 319° | 203 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mullagh Hill | NNW 336° | 201 m | 6.6 mi |
| Togher | NNW 337° | 201 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bruise Hill | NW 315° | 196 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:54 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:04 | 22:03 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:43 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:44 | 15:00 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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