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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

Peaks
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
Parks: 49
  • 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
Springs
Artworks: 22
Beaches: 13
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 4
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
MoylussaSE532 m21.3 mi
CragnamurraghSSE526 m21.2 mi
Glennagalliagh MountainSSE446 m22.0 mi
Ballykildea MountainSSE412 m22.9 mi
MagheraSSE400 m9.2 mi
Cappaghabaun MountainSE395 m14.5 mi
ScalpESE380 m14.8 mi
Cappaghabaun Mountain EastESE378 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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