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Monea Castle

Monea Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Mullaleam stands 424 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ireland's Best Garden, a garden 2.4 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 19 miles off.

The story

Monea Castle is a castle located in Monea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is a State Care Historic Monument situated in the townland of Castletown Monea, in Fermanagh District Council area, at grid ref: H1647 4937.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4185850, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.39256, -7.74731

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Knockmore: 4.8 mi
  • Belmore Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Tullybrack: 5.1 mi
  • Legg: 7.5 mi
  • Aughrim: 7.6 mi
Springs: 41
  • Carrickbeg Rising: 3.4 mi
  • Saint Molaise's Well: 3.8 mi
  • Ooghboraghan Rising: 3.9 mi
  • Saint Faber's Well: 4.0 mi
  • Saint Molaise's Well: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 33
Parks: 28
  • Devenish Island Monastic Site: 3.9 mi
  • Windmill Road Park: 5.0 mi
  • Cherry Island: 5.3 mi
  • Inis Ceithleann Park: 5.7 mi
  • Forthill Park: 5.7 mi
Museums: 11
Artworks: 9
  • Cloud Viewer: 6.1 mi
  • Point of Contact: 10.7 mi
  • Stone Circle: 11.4 mi
  • Mary Lady of Lough Derg Statue: 15.7 mi
  • Saint Joseph Statue: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Ireland's Best Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Pleasure Grounds: 9.4 mi
  • The Cloister: 15.7 mi
  • Walled Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Daisy Hill Gardens: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Hanging Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Monastir: 10.2 mi
  • Pollnagapple Natural Arch: 12.6 mi
  • Playgroud: 16.9 mi
  • The Playground: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Glendarragh River Picnic Site: 11.2 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 15.5 mi
  • Glenaniff Waterfall: 15.6 mi
  • Fowley's Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Drumquin Picnic Site: 18.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Devenish Local Nature Reserve: 5.0 mi
  • Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 8.7 mi
  • RSPB Lower Lough Erne Islands: 11.7 mi
  • Gubnafarna Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 14.1 mi
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Blackslee waterfall: 6.0 mi
  • Cascades Waterfall: 9.3 mi
  • Drummoney Waterfall: 11.2 mi
  • Roogagh Waterfall: 13.7 mi
  • Tullydermot Falls: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Wardtown Strand: 21.3 mi
  • Murvagh Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Bundoran beach: 22.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Marble Arch: 9.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Monea Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MullaleamS 184°424 m10.8 mi
MullaleamS 186°406 m10.6 mi
Belmore MountainSSW 199°398 m5.0 mi
TullybrackWSW 245°386 m5.1 mi
BenaughlinS 176°370 m11.1 mi
LeggNW 308°343 m7.5 mi
GortmaconnellSSW 192°336 m11.5 mi
TrienS 182°334 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3517:5718:44
June solstice04:5721:1022:10
September equinox07:1718:4519:32
December solstice08:5114:5716:08

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2775295387

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