Sandpit
Sandpit is a small village in the rural hinterland of Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It lies in the townland of Milltown, which had a population of 213 as of the 2011 census.- Type: Village
- Description: village in County Louth, Ireland
- Also known as: “Sandpit, County Louth”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Termonfeckin Castle.
Termonfeckin Castle
Castle
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Termonfeckin or Termonfechin is a small village and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is within a civil parish of the same name, and is 8 km north-east of Drogheda. Termonfeckin Castle is situated 3 km southeast of Sandpit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Termonfeckin and Clogherhead.
Termonfeckin
Village
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Termonfeckin or Termonfechin is a small village and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is within a civil parish of the same name, and is 8 km north-east of Drogheda. Termonfeckin is situated 2½ km southeast of Sandpit.
Clogherhead
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Clogherhead is a village in County Louth, 12 km northeast of Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland. Ceann Chlochair means "rocky headland" but the name of the headland became applied to the entire village.
Mornington
Village
Photo: Kieran Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mornington is a coastal village on the estuary of the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland approximately 5 km downriver from the centre of Drogheda. Together with the neighbouring villages of Laytown, Bettystown and Donacarney, it comprises the urban area of Laytown–Bettystown–Mornington–Donacarney with a combined population of 15,642 at the 2022 census. Mornington is situated 6 km south of Sandpit.
Sandpit
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Louth, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.77293° or 53° 46′ 23″ northLongitude
-6.30763° or 6° 18′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C5MQMFR+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 10274401033OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q7416517
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In Other Languages
“Sandpit” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sandpit”
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