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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. 113 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

113 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: 9
  • Ceide Fields: 11.4 mi
  • Dún na mBó Sculputure: 14.2 mi
  • Dún na mBó Blowhole: 14.2 mi
  • Dún Briste: 15.7 mi
  • WW2 Éire Marker: 15.8 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 CarrS721 m18.0 mi
CorranabinniaS716 m24.9 mi
GlennamongS628 m23.3 mi
Nephin BegSSE627 m20.8 mi
CorslieveS541 m19.5 mi
TawnyanruddiaS531 m18.9 mi
Glennamong East TopS415 m23.7 mi
Nephin Beg South Top (Cruckgarru)SSE410 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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