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The Pikeman

The Pikeman, a historic site in Ireland
The Pikeman, a historic site in IrelandPatrick Wyse Jackson · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Pikeman, a historic site in Ireland
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The Pikeman, a historic site in Ireland
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The Pikeman, a historic site in Ireland
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The Pikeman is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Baurtregaum stands 851 m to the southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Diceman, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring of Kerry passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

monument in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland

Wikidata Q55028412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Erected by the Nationalists of Kerry to commemorate the heroes of 98 '03 48 and 67 and the other Irishmen who sacrificed their lives and liberties for Ireland
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates52.26909, -9.70516

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • The Diceman: 0.0 mi
  • Indian Mutiny / 2nd Anglo Chinese War Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Crimea Cannon and War Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Kerry Prisoners: 0.1 mi
  • Pádraig Mac Piarais: 0.1 mi
Springs
  • Sunday's Well: 1.2 mi
  • Baurnatober: 1.7 mi
  • Toberaquina: 1.8 mi
  • Councillor's Well: 2.1 mi
  • Tobar na Molt: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 30
Parks: 16
  • Piarsaigh Park: 0.1 mi
  • Town Park: 0.2 mi
  • St. John's Park: 0.2 mi
  • Island Of Geese: 0.2 mi
  • Kerins O'Rahilly Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Christie Hennessy statue: 0.1 mi
  • Sound, Horns of Clogherclemin: 0.1 mi
  • Horns of Clogherclemin: 0.1 mi
  • The Rose of Tralee: 0.1 mi
  • Dominican Statue: 0.1 mi
Beaches: 11
Gardens: 7
  • Garden of the Senses: 0.1 mi
  • Ballymullen Roundabout: 0.6 mi
  • Joe Keohane Roundabout: 0.7 mi
  • Fern Garden: 16.7 mi
  • Tom Crean Memorial Garden: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Cliffs: 4
  • Bromore Cliffs: 18.5 mi
  • Cliffs of Dooneen: 20.9 mi
  • Maughanablagher Cliffs: 21.4 mi
  • 40: 24.8 mi
Museums: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Virgin Rock: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Three Counties: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of The Pikeman. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
BaurtregaumSW 231°851 m6.8 mi
CaherconreeSW 234°835 m7.8 mi
Binn os GaoithWSW 257°826 m16.2 mi
Baurtregaum NE TopSW 231°818.5 m6.3 mi
Stradbally MountainWSW 257°798 m15.8 mi
GearhaneWSW 238°792 m7.5 mi
Tomies MountainSSE 167°735 m17.5 mi
Baurtregaum NW TopSW 235°723 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0718:52
June solstice05:1821:0922:05
September equinox07:2518:5519:40
December solstice08:4715:2416:28

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/12912471584

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