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Devil's Bit Mountain

Devil's Bit Mountain rises to 480 m. Keeper Hill stands 692 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Marian Year statue, a artwork 0.4 miles away.

The story

The Devil's Bit or Devil's Bit Mountain (Irish: Bearnán Éile, meaning 'little gapped hill of Éile', historically anglicized as 'Barnane Ely') is a large hill in County Tipperary, Ireland, which rises to 480 metres (1,570 ft). It lies north-west of the town of Templemore. The mountain is usually climbed through the townland of Barnane. There is a car park at the base.

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Wikidata Q2429577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
480 m

How to reach it

Coordinates52.82138, -7.91464

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
  • Saint James's Well: 1.9 mi
  • Toberlahan: 3.8 mi
  • Toby's Well: 4.0 mi
  • Holly Well: 4.7 mi
  • Toberoran: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Aghnameadle Castle: 3.2 mi
  • Knocka Castle: 3.5 mi
  • Cloghanerma Castle: 3.9 mi
  • Blean Castle: 4.5 mi
  • Ballynamoe Castle: 4.5 mi
Parks: 25
  • Thomas MacDonagh Memorial Garden: 9.8 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Ecovillage Woodland: 10.2 mi
  • Glebe Field: 10.4 mi
  • Thurles Town Park: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 25
Gardens: 18
Museums: 14
Artworks: 10
Picnic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Blessed Well: 17.1 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 22.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Devil's Bit Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keeper HillWSW 252°691.6 m15.3 mi
MauherslieveSW 236°543 m13.8 mi
Silvermine Mountains W TopW 259°489 m15.0 mi
Silvermine Mountains E TopWSW 258°479 m14.3 mi
Cooneen HillWSW 248°467 m10.4 mi
GortagarryWSW 245°458 m1.8 mi
TooreenSW 219°457 m14.6 mi
BenduffN 351°455 m2.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:44
June solstice05:0721:0422:01
September equinox07:1818:4719:33
December solstice08:4315:1316:18

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/332373020

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