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The Yellow Gate

The Yellow Gate from directly overhead

The Yellow Gate is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Brady's Castle, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Entrance from Kilkenny to the medieval walled town of Thomastown was through the Geata Buidhe or Yellow Gate situated at the lower end of Maudlin Street. [...] in the early 1930s [...] said to have served as the heel stone for [...]

How to reach it

Coordinates52.52674, -7.13816

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Parks
  • Jerpoint Park: 1.4 mi
  • Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 2.5 mi
  • Páirc na Seamróga: 4.8 mi
  • Kells Recreational & Natural Play Area: 5.8 mi
  • The Quarry: 9.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions: 49
Gardens: 29
Museums: 24
Beaches: 8
  • Arthurstown Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Raheen Strand: 22.7 mi
  • Duncannon: 23.0 mi
  • Dromina Strand: 23.2 mi
  • Woodstown Strand: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Castle View: 0.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 18.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 12.4 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 12.4 mi
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of The Yellow Gate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterENE 67°794.4 m16.3 mi
Blackstairs MountainE 84°732.1 m14.1 mi
Moats of CraanENE 68°656.5 m17.4 mi
Black Rock MountainENE 70°599.6 m18.3 mi
SheegounaWSW 250°553.5 m18.5 mi
KnockroeENE 73°538.77 m15.2 mi
SlievebawnENE 61°524.8 m15.8 mi
Brandon HillE 100°515 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5618:41
June solstice05:0621:0021:56
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:3815:1216:17

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8655975396

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