Greencastle
Greencastle is a castle in County Down, Northern Ireland. While it dates mainly from the 13th century, it had substantial 15th- and 16th-century alterations.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: James Edgar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: castle in County Down, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Greencastle, County Down”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Green Island Leading Light and Haulbowline Lighthouse.
Green Island Leading Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Green Island Leading Light is a lighthouse.
Haulbowline Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Terry Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Haulbowline Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse. Described as an "elegant, tapering stone tower" it is located at the entrance to Carlingford Lough, near Cranfield Point in County Down, Northern Ireland. Haulbowline Lighthouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Greencastle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenore and Carlingford Lough.
Greenore
Village
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenore is a village, townland and deep water port on Carlingford Lough in County Louth, Ireland.
Carlingford Lough
Locality
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
Carlingford Lough is a glacial fjord or sea inlet in northeastern Ireland, forming part of the border between Northern Ireland to the north and the Republic of Ireland to the south. Carlingford Lough is situated 2 miles west of Greencastle.
Dunnaval
Hamlet
Dunnaval is a small village and townland near Kilkeel in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Kilkeel and the historic barony of Mourne. Dunnaval is situated 3 miles east of Greencastle.
Greencastle
- Category: castle
- Location: Newry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.04066° or 54° 2′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.10485° or 6° 6′ 18″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GNCOpen location code
9C6M2VRW+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 267762518OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2647978Wikidata ID
Q5603788
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Greencastle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Greencastle”
- Czech: “Greencastle”
- Czech: “hrad Greencastle”
- German: “Greencastle”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Грінкастл”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Greencastle Terminal and Greencastle.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Greencastle”. Photo: James Edgar, CC BY-SA 2.0.