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Three Castles

Three Castles is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Mullaghcleevaun stands 847 m to the south-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Oldcourt, a historic site 0.8 miles away.

The story

Threecastles Castle is a three-storey tower house situated near Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland. It is protected as a national monument.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q20541600, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.18172, -6.48739

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Springs
Gardens
  • June Blake's Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Hunting Brook: 2.6 mi
  • Russborough Walled Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Olympic Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Tree of Hope: 8.5 mi
Parks
  • Peter Finnegan Park: 2.2 mi
  • Avon Arena: 2.5 mi
  • Slade Valley MTB: 5.0 mi
  • Corbally Park: 7.1 mi
  • Belfry Meadow: 7.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Museums
Beaches: 24
Nature reserves: 23
Cliffs: 21
  • Glendalough Crags: 12.7 mi
  • Baravore Valley Lower: 13.4 mi
  • Abseil: 13.7 mi
  • Abseil: 13.7 mi
  • Great Gully Ridge: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Poplar Square: 7.6 mi
  • Newbridge Town Park: 12.7 mi
  • Toni's: 13.1 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 17.2 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 19.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Three Castles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MullaghcleevaunSSE 148°846.681 m6.4 mi
TonelageeSSE 154°815.8 m9.8 mi
Mullaghcleevaun East TopSE 143°795.91 m7.1 mi
KippureE 92°757 m6.4 mi
SeefinganE 81°722.9 m4.7 mi
Duff HillSE 133°720.78 m6.8 mi
GravaleSE 125°719.004 m6.9 mi
Stoney TopSSE 153°713.7 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:5318:39
June solstice04:5921:0021:58
September equinox07:1218:4119:27
December solstice08:3915:0416:11

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/553974997

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