Historic site
Keady Monument
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
- Tober na Braher: 13.1 mi
- Tobernamona: 13.8 mi
- St Moninna's Well: 14.1 mi
- St. Muadain's Well: 14.8 mi
- St Dympna's Well: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 12
- Aughanduff Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Keggall Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Ballsmill Amenity Land: 15.2 mi
- Massrock Lane Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Favour Royal Forest Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
Museums: 11
- No 5 Vicars' Hill: 7.1 mi
- Milford House Museum: 7.2 mi
- Armagh County Museum: 7.3 mi
- Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum: 7.4 mi
- Monaghan County Museum: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 11
- Secret Garden: 8.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 10.1 mi
- The Walled Garden: 12.0 mi
- William Alexander Davis Garden: 15.8 mi
- Pleasure gardens: 16.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Gullion | SE 128° | 573 m | 14.1 mi |
| Camlough Mountain | ESE 114° | 423 m | 13.8 mi |
| Carrigatuke | ESE 110° | 365 m | 3.9 mi |
| Eshmore | WNW 287° | 337 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mullyash Mountain | SSE 164° | 317 m | 5.2 mi |
| Tievecrom | SE 137° | 316.7 m | 16.1 mi |
| Croslieve | SE 139° | 308 m | 14.7 mi |
| Fincarn Hill | S 187° | 283 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:53 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 21:05 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:46 | 14:54 | 16:05 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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