Kilclief Castle
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Kilclief Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 27 miles off.
The story
Kilclief Castle (Irish: Caislean Cill Cléithe; Ordnance Survey ref: J597457) is a tower-house castle beside Strangford Lough and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the village of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland. Kilclief is a hamlet on the Strangford to Ardglass road.
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Wikidata Q3312062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1441
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- Phennick Marina Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Quay Street Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Ardglass Recreation Grounds: 5.9 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 6.0 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 6.1 mi
- Strangford Stone: 6.0 mi
- Hans Sloane: 6.0 mi
- Girl from Mars: 6.9 mi
- The E Sculpture: 11.5 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 12.2 mi
- Carney Hill: 6.9 mi
- Wallace Hill: 7.5 mi
- Stump Hill: 10.2 mi
- Monaghan Bank: 10.4 mi
- Windmill Hill: 10.8 mi
- Michael Laverty (1904-1992): 0.9 mi
- Strangford Castle: 2.6 mi
- Castle Ward: 2.9 mi
- Temple: 3.1 mi
- Portaferry Castle: 3.2 mi
- Kilclief Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sunken Garden: 2.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.2 mi
- Victorian Garden: 6.2 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Castle Ward House: 2.6 mi
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 2.9 mi
- Walder Frey's Twins: 3.2 mi
- Brienne & Jaime's Hanging Tree: 3.4 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 5.4 mi
- Spinkanee: 16.5 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 16.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 18.4 mi
- The Castles: 19.1 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 19.3 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 7.0 mi
- Down County Museum: 7.1 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 7.2 mi
- Store House: 18.8 mi
- Kiln House: 18.8 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 1.5 mi
- Killard National Nature Reserve: 1.5 mi
- Ballyquintin Point Nature Reserve: 1.8 mi
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 6.1 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 8.4 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Ballyhornan Picnic Site: 2.4 mi
- Cuan Beach: 5.8 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 0.1 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 1.1 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 3.0 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 8.3 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 9.7 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 5.4 mi
- Mearing Well: 5.6 mi
- Toberasool: 5.6 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 6.4 mi
- Sunday Well: 8.2 mi
- Black Stairs: 17.7 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 21.2 mi
- Stepping Stones: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Kilclief Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 235° | 849 m | 18.6 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | WSW 238° | 767 m | 18.8 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SW 231° | 656 m | 19.0 mi |
| Cove Mtn | WSW 236° | 655 m | 19.9 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | WSW 239° | 642 m | 19.3 mi |
| Slieve Beg | WSW 237° | 596 m | 19.5 mi |
| Slievenaglogh | WSW 240° | 584 m | 19.6 mi |
| Slievenaglogh East Top | WSW 240° | 571 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:26 | 17:48 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:01 | 22:01 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 14:49 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/Isle_of_Man).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1217990144
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