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The Castles

Cliff
Height
About 620 metres above sea level at the map point
Height source
Copernicus 90 metre land-height map through Open-Meteo
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Map note: The map marks The Castles as a cliff in County Down, Ireland. Keep a sensible distance from any edge while you explore the coast.
The Castles is recorded as a cliff in County Down.

From OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) w178248147

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Photo credits
  • Eric Jones, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Ross, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rossographer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • HENRY CLARK, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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