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Barr an Dígín

Barr an Dígín, seen from above at true elevation

Barr an Dígín rises to 229 m. Slieve Carr stands 721 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cnoc an Daimh, a peak 1.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 2.7 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
229 m

How to reach it

Coordinates54.32498, -9.73907

Overlooks nearby

114 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 37
Historic sites: 26
  • Portacloy Signal Tower: 2.7 mi
  • church: 2.7 mi
  • Glinsk Signal Tower: 5.1 mi
  • Old Watchhouse: 7.8 mi
  • Aghaglasheen Signal Tower: 10.1 mi
Springs: 13
  • Tobercarney: 16.4 mi
  • Bride's Well: 17.6 mi
  • Tober Gabriel: 20.5 mi
  • Tobergalias: 21.5 mi
  • St Cummins Well: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Glengad Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Portnacully Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Trá na Sraithe: 14.0 mi
  • Trá Bhéal Doire: 15.2 mi
  • Trá na Croise: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Ceide Fields: 11.4 mi
  • Céide Fields: 11.4 mi
  • Dún na mBó Sculputure: 14.2 mi
  • Dún na mBó Blowhole: 14.2 mi
  • Dún Briste: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Blowhole: 12.4 mi
  • Pollatarrive: 17.1 mi
Parks: 2
  • Blacksod Bay Emigration Memorial Garden: 20.3 mi
  • The Inter Communication Park: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kitchen Garden: 22.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barr an Dígín. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve CarrS 170°721 m18.0 mi
CorranabinniaS 174°716 m24.9 mi
GlennamongS 172°628 m23.3 mi
Nephin BegSSE 168°627 m20.8 mi
CorslieveS 169°541 m19.5 mi
TawnyanruddiaS 173°531 m18.9 mi
Glennamong East TopS 170°415 m23.7 mi
Nephin Beg South Top (Cruckgarru)SSE 168°410 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:0518:52
June solstice05:0521:1822:18
September equinox07:2518:5319:40
December solstice08:5915:0616:17

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332373522

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