Kirkistown Castle
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Kirkistown Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Somme Garden, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 23 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Kirkistown Castle is a tower house situated near Cloghy, County Down, Northern Ireland.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6415706, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- Somme Garden: 0.8 mi
- Ballyhalbert WW2 Airfield Memorial: 3.5 mi
- The Old Precentor's House: 4.2 mi
- Quintin Castle: 4.7 mi
- Portaferry Castle: 5.5 mi
- Anchor Park: 1.7 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 9.5 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 11.0 mi
- Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 12.2 mi
- Bassett's Field: 12.3 mi
- The Echlinville Distillery: 2.5 mi
- Brienne & Jaime's Hanging Tree: 6.0 mi
- Walder Frey's Twins: 6.2 mi
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 6.7 mi
- Castle Ward House: 7.0 mi
- The E Sculpture: 3.4 mi
- Hans Sloane: 8.0 mi
- Strangford Stone: 9.5 mi
- Girl from Mars: 12.8 mi
- Big Rock: 14.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 6.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 7.0 mi
- Grey Abbey House: 7.2 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Kilclief Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Windmill Hill: 2.9 mi
- Monaghan Bank: 4.2 mi
- Carney Hill: 9.9 mi
- Dalzell's Hill: 9.9 mi
- Stewart Hill: 10.1 mi
- Store House: 11.9 mi
- Kiln House: 11.9 mi
- Miller's House: 11.9 mi
- Down County Museum: 13.0 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 13.0 mi
- Inishargy Bog: 4.2 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 6.9 mi
- Ballyquintin Point Nature Reserve: 7.7 mi
- Killard National Nature Reserve: 9.3 mi
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 10.9 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Cuan Beach: 8.1 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Ballyhornan Picnic Site: 10.4 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 8.5 mi
- Sunday Well: 10.2 mi
- Spa Well: 10.9 mi
- Mearing Well: 11.1 mi
- Toberasool: 11.5 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 8.1 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 9.1 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 11.0 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 16.1 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 17.2 mi
- Spinkanee: 22.1 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 23.9 mi
- Cave Hill: 24.0 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 24.0 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 24.3 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 19.0 mi
- Black Stairs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kirkistown Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | WSW 251° | 534 m | 21.7 mi |
| Millstone Mountain | SW 225° | 460 m | 24.9 mi |
| Slievenisky | WSW 249° | 446 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cratlieve | WSW 251° | 429 m | 23.1 mi |
| Slievegarran | WSW 247° | 391 m | 22.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 298° | 389 m | 24.1 mi |
| Squires Hill | WNW 304° | 374 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cavehill | NW 306° | 368 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:26 | 17:48 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 04:47 | 21:01 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:36 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 14:47 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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