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North Monastery

North Monastery from directly overhead

North Monastery is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Musheramore stands 643 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cork Folklore Project, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 14 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates51.90455, -8.47574

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Bell's Field: 0.2 mi
  • St Peter's Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bishop Lucey Park: 0.5 mi
  • Glentrasna Park: 0.5 mi
  • Peace Park: 0.6 mi
Springs
Attractions: 43
Peaks: 38
  • Grange Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Bottle Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Rock Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Lyradane Mountain: 11.3 mi
  • Devonshire's Hill: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 28
Gardens: 21
Museums: 18
Picnic sites: 9
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 3.1 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Blarney End: 3.4 mi
  • Innishannon Woods: 12.7 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 12.8 mi
  • Ballinadee Millenium Project: 14.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 9.0 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Power’s Bridge: 13.4 mi
  • Mullinhassig Waterfall: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Monastery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MusheramoreWNW 290°642.7 m22.7 mi
MusherabegWNW 287°498.8 m23.6 mi
Seefin East TopWNW 295°491 m20.3 mi
SeefinWNW 294°491 m21.3 mi
Mount HillaryNW 313°444.1 m21.0 mi
Knockcraugh HillWNW 295°434 m18.9 mi
BurrenWNW 282°433 m18.8 mi
KnocknaskaghN 7°426.5 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0218:47
June solstice05:1521:0321:58
September equinox07:2018:5019:35
December solstice08:4015:2316:25

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13822837257

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