Historic site
The Garvagh Pyramid
The Garvagh Pyramid is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Sawel stands 678 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Garvagh Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 8.6 miles off.
Pyramid erected by Lord Garvagh in the 19th century after a tour of Egypt.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates54.97923, -6.69100
- 8.6 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
- 19.4 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- viewpoint on Beach · 14 mi
- Gortmore View Point · 14 mi
- Harbour Hill · 14 mi
- Rinagree Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Cornerstone Park: 0.3 mi
- Glenullin GAC Pitch: 2.5 mi
- Ringsend Park: 5.0 mi
- Tirkane Sweat House: 8.1 mi
- Ballymoney Showgrounds: 9.1 mi
Peaks
- Rabbit Hill: 0.8 mi
- Crocknaconipody: 4.3 mi
- Craiggore: 5.4 mi
- Moneyoran Hill: 5.7 mi
- Donald's Hill: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 59
- Ulster War Memorial Clock Tower: 0.2 mi
- Errigal Old Church: 1.7 mi
- Aghadowey War Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Movangher Caster Bawn: 5.1 mi
- Ardara Country House: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 28
- Hezlett House: 12.8 mi
- Burning of the Seven Gods: 13.9 mi
- Downhill beach: 14.1 mi
- Lisanoure Castle: 15.2 mi
- Dunluce Centre: 15.4 mi
Artworks: 22
- Source: 9.4 mi
- Towards Tomorrow: 10.1 mi
- Piper Sam and Irish Dancer Roisin: 11.2 mi
- Turfman: 13.8 mi
- Manannán mac Lir: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 13
- Robert Dunlop Memorial Garden: 9.2 mi
- Joey Dunlop Memorial Garden: 9.3 mi
- Largantogher Plantin Walled Garden: 9.5 mi
- Castle Leisure Park: 10.0 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 10.1 mi
Museums: 12
- Garvagh Museum: 0.2 mi
- Beetling Mill: 7.2 mi
- Ballymoney Museum: 9.4 mi
- Green Lane Museum: 10.3 mi
- Coleraine Museum: 10.6 mi
Springs: 10
- Source Of The Knockoneill River: 6.0 mi
- Skelp Well: 6.7 mi
- St Lowry's Well: 7.4 mi
- Source Of The Roohan Burn: 7.5 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Cashel: 9.0 mi
- Craigadick Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Quilley Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Ballyhacket View: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Altkeeran Waterfall: 7.0 mi
- Grillagh Waterfall: 7.5 mi
- The 7 Arches Mousetrap Bridge Weir: 12.3 mi
- Ness Waterfall Highest Waterfall In Northern Ireland: 19.4 mi
- Dunseverick Falls: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 8
- Portstewart Strand: 13.3 mi
- Castlerock Beach: 13.6 mi
- East Strand: 15.8 mi
- Portballintrae Beach: 17.4 mi
- Runkerry Stand (Bushfoot): 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Legananam Pot: 5.7 mi
- Craig-na-Shoke: 10.9 mi
- Dunsevrick: 20.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Garry Bog Nature Reserve: 10.9 mi
- Goles Forest: 16.8 mi
- Lissanduff Earthworks: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of The Garvagh Pyramid. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawel | SW 232° | 678 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mullaghaneany | SW 223° | 627 m | 14.1 mi |
| Meenard Mtn | SW 226° | 620 m | 14.7 mi |
| Oughtmore | SW 219° | 569 m | 14.0 mi |
| Spelhoagh | SW 218° | 568 m | 13.6 mi |
| Carnanelly | SW 216° | 562 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mullaghmore | SW 215° | 550 m | 11.0 mi |
| White Mountain | SW 217° | 537 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:52 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:09 | 22:10 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:50 | 14:46 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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