Portora Castle
Portora Castle is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Mullaleam stands 406 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Devenish Local Nature Reserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 24 miles off.
The story
Portora Castle is a castle in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The castle was built for Sir William Cole who purchased the land in 1612. It is strategically positioned by the narrow exit of the River Erne into the Lower Lough Erne. It is a State Care Historic Monument sited in the townland of Portora, in Fermanagh District Council area, at grid ref: H2221 4531.
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Wikidata Q7232211, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Boer War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- B17 Crash Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Cole's Monument: 1.3 mi
- War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Bellevue: 3.2 mi
- Three Jump Hill: 5.3 mi
- Cloghtogle Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Topped Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Belmore Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Croaghrim Hill: 6.2 mi
- Saint Molaise's Well: 1.0 mi
- Carrickbeg Rising: 6.5 mi
- Jaundice Well: 6.7 mi
- Ooghboraghan Rising: 7.5 mi
- Saint Faber's Well: 7.5 mi
- Pump house: 2.5 mi
- Castle Coole: 2.7 mi
- The Ice House: 2.9 mi
- Pollnagollum Cave: 6.3 mi
- Lady's Well: 7.1 mi
- Windmill Road Park: 0.8 mi
- Cherry Island: 1.0 mi
- Devenish Island Monastic Site: 1.0 mi
- Forthill Park: 1.3 mi
- Inis Ceithleann Park: 1.3 mi
- The Inniskillings Museum: 0.9 mi
- Fermanagh County Museum: 0.9 mi
- Railway Museum: 1.0 mi
- Devenish Monastic Site Museum: 1.0 mi
- Sheelin Lace Museum: 4.2 mi
- Stone Circle: 7.8 mi
- Cloud Viewer: 10.4 mi
- Point of Contact: 13.0 mi
- Peace For All: 17.9 mi
- Mary Lady of Lough Derg Statue: 19.4 mi
- Ireland's Best Garden: 6.6 mi
- Pleasure Grounds: 7.5 mi
- Daisy Hill Gardens: 17.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 17.3 mi
- Lanesborough Walled Garden: 18.8 mi
- Devenish Local Nature Reserve: 0.7 mi
- Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 9.0 mi
- Gubnafarna Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 11.9 mi
- Moneensauran Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 16.0 mi
- RSPB Lower Lough Erne Islands: 16.0 mi
- Cascades Waterfall: 8.9 mi
- Blackslee waterfall: 10.4 mi
- Tullydermot Falls: 13.5 mi
- Drummoney Waterfall: 14.1 mi
- Roogagh Waterfall: 17.7 mi
- Glendarragh River Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
- Field Study Park: 17.7 mi
- Glenaniff Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Drumquin Picnic Site: 19.2 mi
- Fowley's Falls: 19.3 mi
- Hanging Rock: 8.9 mi
- Monastir: 9.7 mi
- Pollnagapple Natural Arch: 10.6 mi
- Playgroud: 17.0 mi
- Carrignahasta: 17.1 mi
- Marble Arch: 9.2 mi
- Annagh Lough Beach: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Portora Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mullaleam | SSW 210° | 406 m | 9.3 mi |
| Belmore Mountain | WSW 247° | 398 m | 5.7 mi |
| Tullybrack | W 272° | 386 m | 8.2 mi |
| Tullynahunshin | SSW 203° | 372 m | 11.1 mi |
| Benaughlin | SSW 198° | 370 m | 9.0 mi |
| Gortmaconnell | SW 214° | 336 m | 10.5 mi |
| Trien | SSW 207° | 334 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cloghany | SSW 203° | 330 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 17:56 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 21:10 | 22:10 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:45 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:50 | 14:57 | 16:08 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4581802433
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