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Portlick Castle

Portlick Castle from directly overhead

Portlick Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Corn Hill stands 331 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballynakill Castle, a historic site 1.6 miles away. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Portlick Castle is a late medieval tower house castle near the village of Glasson, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located approximately 6 miles from Athlone on the shores of Lough Ree. It comprises a square late medieval 4-storey stone tower with an attached 2-storey Georgian wing and Victorian tower.

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Wikidata Q7232106, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.49521, -7.91228

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Ballynakill Castle: 1.6 mi
  • Kilfaughny Castle: 2.4 mi
  • Ballynacliffy Castle: 2.6 mi
  • Kilkenny Castle: 3.9 mi
  • Rinn Duin: 4.4 mi
Springs
Artworks: 44
  • Count John McCormack: 5.0 mi
  • River Shannon: 5.1 mi
  • Bust of Count John McCormack: 5.1 mi
  • Grainne Og: 9.7 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 9.7 mi
Peaks: 29
  • Hangman's Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Moate Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Fair Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Sheep Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Knockastia: 12.2 mi
Parks: 24
  • Burgess Park: 5.4 mi
  • Green: 9.3 mi
  • Ballinahown Playground and Park: 10.3 mi
  • Tuar Ard Public Park: 10.3 mi
  • Patrick Kelly Memorial Park: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 16
Museums: 15
  • Athlone Music Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Dún na Sí Heritage Centre: 9.6 mi
  • Dún na Sí: 9.6 mi
  • Clonmacnoise: 12.1 mi
  • Lemanaghan National School: 15.6 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 3
  • Angling Visitor Conference Center: 15.2 mi
  • Harbour Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
  • Kilglas: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Corn HillNNE 20°331.4 m23.0 mi
Slieve BawnNNW 337°315.6 m16.8 mi
Hill of UisneachE 91°235.5 m14.4 mi
Mount MaryWNW 285°164 m20.3 mi
Lackan HillESE 117°135 m24.7 mi
Redmond HillSSW 207°129 m21.1 mi
Sugarloaf HillSSW 204°62 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5818:44
June solstice05:0321:0722:05
September equinox07:1818:4719:33
December solstice08:4615:0616:14

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1462587768

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