Mahee Castle
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Mahee Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sketrick Castle (ruin), a historic site 0.9 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mahee Castle, also known as Nendrum Castle, is a small ruined tower house near Nendrum Monastery on Mahee Island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was built in 1570 by Captain Thomas Browne. It was abandoned by the early 17th century, and fell into disrepair. In 1923, H.C. Lawlor and the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society partly renovated the tower house to avoid further erosion and built a buttress wall to support the northwest corner of the tower.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1570.
Wikidata Q15243733, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- Sketrick Castle (ruin): 0.9 mi
- Former Pump House: 2.7 mi
- Ringhaddy Castle: 3.3 mi
- Mount Stewart: 4.0 mi
- Folly: 4.2 mi
- Temple of the Winds: 3.9 mi
- Red Squirrel Hide: 4.3 mi
- The Echlinville Distillery: 6.0 mi
- Brienne & Jaime's Hanging Tree: 8.7 mi
- Walder Frey's Twins: 8.9 mi
- Dalzell's Hill: 4.4 mi
- Monaghan Bank: 4.4 mi
- Stewart Hill: 4.5 mi
- Drumero: 6.0 mi
- Scrabo Hill: 6.1 mi
- Comber Park: 4.9 mi
- Killynether Wood: 6.0 mi
- Londonderry Park: 6.2 mi
- Branch Out Community Group: 7.0 mi
- Jacob's Field: 7.0 mi
- Big Rock: 6.8 mi
- Hans Sloane: 7.1 mi
- The Fields of Saintfield: 7.6 mi
- The E Sculpture: 8.4 mi
- Strangford Stone: 8.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
- Grey Abbey House: 4.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.9 mi
- Shrigley Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Garden of Reflection: 7.2 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 6.7 mi
- War Years Remembered: 7.2 mi
- Somme Heritage Centre: 8.0 mi
- Store House: 8.2 mi
- Kiln House: 8.2 mi
- Castle Espie Wetland Centre: 2.7 mi
- Inishargy Bog: 5.7 mi
- Kiltonga Nature Reserve: 7.2 mi
- Conlig Nature Reserve (proposed): 8.5 mi
- Balloo Wetland Nature Reserve: 9.4 mi
- Cuan Beach: 7.4 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Ballyhornan Picnic Site: 14.3 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 7.1 mi
- Sunday Well: 7.2 mi
- Spa Well: 7.2 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 8.6 mi
- Mearing Well: 10.9 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 11.5 mi
- Brompton Bay: 11.6 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 12.2 mi
- Seapark Beach: 12.5 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 13.2 mi
- Cave Hill: 15.8 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 15.8 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 16.2 mi
- Spinkanee: 18.9 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 22.8 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Stepping Stones: 20.8 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 21.9 mi
- Black Stairs: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Mahee Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | SW 230° | 534 m | 17.2 mi |
| Divis | WNW 297° | 478 m | 16.7 mi |
| Slievenisky | SW 227° | 446 m | 17.3 mi |
| Cratlieve | SW 231° | 429 m | 18.5 mi |
| Slievegarran | SW 226° | 391 m | 18.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 297° | 389 m | 15.8 mi |
| Squires Hill | NW 306° | 374 m | 16.5 mi |
| Cavehill | NW 310° | 368 m | 15.8 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 | 21:02 | 22:03 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:43 | 14:47 | 15:59 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/670214848
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