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Keady Monument

Keady Monument from directly overhead

Keady Monument is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Slieve Gullion stands 573 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Keady Glen, a park 0.6 miles away.

The story

village and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland

Wikidata Q1373360, matched on coordinates and name (51 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1871

How to reach it

Coordinates54.24846, -6.70533

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Keady Glen: 0.6 mi
  • Palace Demesne Public Park: 6.8 mi
  • Folly Glen: 7.0 mi
  • Cathedral Gardens: 7.1 mi
  • Astropark: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Ballymacanab R.C. Chapel: 3.8 mi
  • Armagh Observatory South Meridian Mark: 5.8 mi
  • Rokeby Obelisk: 6.3 mi
  • Armagh Rail Disaster Memorial Sculpture: 7.2 mi
  • Patrick McGee: 7.3 mi
Peaks
  • Carrigatuke: 3.9 mi
  • Mullyash Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Dairy Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Corderryduff: 10.2 mi
  • Aughanduff Lower Mountain: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Navan Centre and Fort: 6.6 mi
  • Armagh Gaol: 7.2 mi
  • Dean Swift's Well: 8.4 mi
  • Court Tomb: 11.5 mi
  • Lady Rossmore's Cottage (Ruin): 11.7 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Saints and Scholars Railings: 7.0 mi
  • For the Love of Emer: 7.1 mi
  • Brian Boru: 7.1 mi
  • Market Days and Fair Days: 7.2 mi
  • StarStone: 7.2 mi
Springs: 23
Picnic sites: 12
Museums: 11
Gardens: 11
Cliffs: 7
  • Iron Hawk Area: 16.8 mi
  • Heather Blazing Area: 16.8 mi
  • Goin Back Area: 16.8 mi
  • No Alibi Area: 16.8 mi
  • Sullivan's Travel Area: 16.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Ballybay Wetland Centre: 12.2 mi
  • Brackagh Nature Reserve: 15.2 mi
  • Bird Sanctuary: 16.0 mi
  • Drumcrow ASSI: 17.7 mi
  • Oxford Island National Nature Reserve: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Castleshane Waterfall: 7.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Keady Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve GullionSE 128°573 m14.1 mi
Camlough MountainESE 114°423 m13.8 mi
CarrigatukeESE 110°365 m3.9 mi
EshmoreWNW 287°337 m18.6 mi
Mullyash MountainSSE 164°317 m5.2 mi
TievecromSE 137°316.7 m16.1 mi
CroslieveSE 139°308 m14.7 mi
Fincarn HillS 187°283 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5318:40
June solstice04:5321:0522:05
September equinox07:1318:4119:28
December solstice08:4614:5416:05

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5611749838

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