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The Garvagh Pyramid

The Garvagh Pyramid from directly overhead

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

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates54.97923, -6.69100

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • 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
Parks
  • Cornerstone Park: 0.3 mi
  • Glenullin GAC Pitch: 2.5 mi
  • Ringsend Park: 5.0 mi
  • Grillagh Flax Mill: 7.8 mi
  • Tirkane Sweat House: 8.1 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
Attractions: 28
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: 15
  • 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: 13
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 17.9 miles of The Garvagh Pyramid. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SawelSW 232°678 m17.7 mi
MullaghaneanySW 223°627 m14.1 mi
Meenard MtnSW 226°620 m14.7 mi
OughtmoreSW 219°569 m14.0 mi
SpelhoaghSW 218°568 m13.6 mi
CarnanellySW 216°562 m17.6 mi
MullaghmoreSW 215°550 m11.0 mi
White MountainSW 217°537 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3117:5218:40
June solstice04:4821:0922:10
September equinox07:1218:4119:28
December solstice08:5014:4616:01

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4583085308

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