Cushendun
Cushendun is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits off the A2 coast road between Cushendall and Ballycastle. It has a sheltered harbour and lies at the mouth of the River Dun and Glendun, one of the nine Glens of Antrim.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carra Castle.
Carra Castle
Castle
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carra Castle or Castle Carra is a ruined castle, just north of Cushendun, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It dates to around the early 14th century. The castle lies in a field near the coast and the harbour of Cushendun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knocknacarry and Cushendall.
Knocknacarry
Locality
Knocknacarry is a hamlet and townland about 1 kilometre west of Cushendun and 17 kilometres south-east of Ballycastle in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Cushendall
Photo: diego cue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cushendall is a village historically in County Antrim in Northern Ireland; those counties have been abolished and it's now part of Causeway Coast and Glens District, with a population of 1363 in 2006.
Waterfoot
Village
Photo: National Library of Ireland on The Commons, No restrictions.
Waterfoot or Glenariff is a small coastal village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is at the foot of Glenariff, one of the Glens of Antrim, within the historic barony of Glenarm Lower and the civil parishes of Ardclinis and Layd. Waterfoot is situated 4½ miles south of Cushendun.
Cushendun
- Type: Village with 138 residents
- Description: village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.12525° or 55° 7′ 31″ northLongitude
-6.04235° or 6° 2′ 33″ westPopulation
138Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CUEOpen location code
9C7M4XG5+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 267762655OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Cushendun” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Cushendun”
- Cebuano: “Cushendun”
- Dutch: “Cushendun”
- French: “Cushendun”
- Irish: “Bun Abhann Duinne”
- Italian: “Cushendun”
- Japanese: “クーシェンダン”
- Malay: “Cushendun”
- Pali: “कशेंडून”
- Persian: “کوشندان”
- Portuguese: “Cushendun”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bun Abhann Duinne”
- Spanish: “Cois Abhann Doinne”
- Spanish: “Cushendun”
- Swedish: “Cushendun”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cushendun Post Office and Caves of Cushendun.
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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 “Cushendun”. Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.