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Kiltartan Castle

Kiltartan Castle, a historic site in Ireland
Kiltartan Castle, a historic site in Irelanddougf · CC BY-SA 2.0

Kiltartan Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Moylussa stands 532 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiltartan Millennium Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 6.2 miles off.

The story

Kiltartan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q54870167, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.09034, -8.80716

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Historic sites
  • Horse pump: 1.5 mi
  • Thoor Ballylee: 1.6 mi
  • Church (ruins): 2.4 mi
  • Beagh Church: 2.6 mi
  • Tullira Castle: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Parks: 50
  • Kiltartan Millennium Park: 0.7 mi
  • Canon Quinn Park: 1.8 mi
  • Deer Park: 4.1 mi
  • Raeglas: 7.6 mi
  • Rahasane Turlough Special Conservation Area: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 22
Beaches: 13
Gardens: 8
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 2
  • Hen Harrier Reserve: 18.3 mi
  • Post Office Field: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cloonmacken Lake Picnic Area: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Kiltartan Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MoylussaSE 146°531.6 m21.3 mi
CragnamurraghSSE 150°526 m21.2 mi
Glennagalliagh MountainSSE 150°446 m22.0 mi
Ballykildea MountainSSE 146°412 m22.9 mi
MagheraSSE 156°400 m9.2 mi
Cappaghabaun MountainSE 126°395 m14.5 mi
ScalpESE 117°380 m14.8 mi
Cappaghabaun Mountain EastESE 119°378 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0218:48
June solstice05:0921:0922:06
September equinox07:2118:5119:36
December solstice08:4815:1416:20

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1054269510

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