We will attempt to find the highest and lowest areas of Castlegar, Galway.
As we get to them, they will be listed started at the highest. This includes housing estates and local landmarks.
This analysis is both remote and generic. Corrections by personnel on the ground are welcome at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . School project, perhaps?
For now, the following is the best we have, however unreliable.
| Place Name or Location |
Feet | Metres |
| Highest point of the Racecourse hill road (53.305701, -8.990167) | 205 | 62.48 |
|
Ballinfoyle/ Balllindooley hills (53.308104, -9.044912) Map The Old road from Coyne's shop towards Castlepark 53.289432, -8.993614 |
200 | 60.96 |
| The Roundabout at Parkmore (near Medtronic) | 180 | 54.864 |
| Reservoir at Ballinfoyle (lat. 53.297392 long. -9.041295 ) Map |
176 | 53.6448 |
| The Galway Race Course at Ballybrit | 164-174 | 49.987 - 53.03 |
| Ballybrit Crescent | 164 | 49.987 |
| Briarhill Business Park | 149 | 45.41 |
|
The Roundabout near the Clayton Hotel in Ballybrit (Lynch Roundabout); |
144 | 43.89 |
| Briarhill National School | 140 | 42.67 |
| Polkeen Industrial Estate | 126 | 38.4 |
| The Morris Roundabout | 125 | 38.1 |
| Doughiska Village | 120 | 36.576 |
| Roundabout at Roscam - Martin | 118 | 35.96 |
| Castlegar National School |
115 | 35 |
| Spellman's Boreen - East end | 109 | 33.22 |
| Castlegar Church Saint Columba's | 99 | 30.17 |
| Killoughter Place name (53.315162 ,-9.041907) | 98 | 29.870 |
| Lackagh Rock Quarry, Coolough, Menlo |
97 | 29.565 |
| Merlin Park Castle |
97 | 29.565 |
| Coolough Junction / Roundabout | 96 | 29.26 |
| Ballygurrane Village | 93 | 28.346 |
|
An Póst Sorting Office (behind building), Tuam road. 53.298581, -9.006393 |
92 | 28.041 |
| Font Roundabout, Tuam road. |
92 | 28.041 |
| The Trappers Inn (Jacksons) pub |
90 | 27 |
| Church of the Good Shepherd / Castlegar Pitch | 81 | 24.68 |
| The Galway Plate Restaurant | 80 | 24 |
| Carrowbrowne Place name (53.313691,-9.02719) | 79 | 24.079 |
| Two Mile Ditch (centered around Roadstone and K.P.H.) | 76 | 23 |
| Leaders shop (memorial cross Monument) | 74 | 22.5 |
| Monument on Monument road, Menlo | 73 | 22.25 |
| Cappanabornia | 68 | 20.7 |
|
Glenburren Housing Estate |
68 | 20.7 |
| Ballindooley Cross Roads | 60 | 18.28 |
| Ballindooley Castle | 60 | 18.28 |
| Barr Aille | 59 | 17.98 |
| Clada Minerals, Ballindooley Map | 58 | 17.67 |
| Saint Peter and Paul Church in Coolough | 55 | 16.76 |
| Menlo National School | 52 | 15.84 |
| The Junction at Monument road in Menlo | 50 | 15.24 |
| Cluain Riocard near the shops |
49 | 15 |
| Terryland Graveyard | 45 | 13.71 |
| Carrowbrowne Graveyard | 44 | 13.41 |
| Castle in Castlegar Village |
40 | 12.192 |
| Coopers Cave | 37 | 11.277 |
| Ballindooley Lake | 36 | 11 |
| Menlo Castle |
29 | 8.8392 |
| Currach Mór Bridge, Sylaun, Headford Road (N84) 53.342060, -9.019188 Menlo Pier |
26 | 7.9248 |
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*Values are more comparitive than accurate.
Briarhill Shopping Centre Entrance 144 feet,
*Where values are similar or the same, we will try to run the table, alphabetically.
If the comparator used here is even a little accurate; then it seems that Castlegar Hurling Club and the Church of the Good Shepherd has an elevation of 81 feet - making it an incredible 37 feet lower than the Martin Roundabout ? Could this be right, given that they are only 0.35 kilometres apart?
Contour Maps (opening in new windows)
Still noting that this data in not wholly reliable but more indicative, it might be worth having a look at the Contour Maps for;
- Briarhill (53.2875°N 8.9944°W) 216 feet / 66 metres
- Ballinfoyle and Ballindooley - 180.4 feet / 55 metres
- The Castlegar Village, Sandy road region
- Another Ballindooley / Kyleoughter region - 203.4 feet/ 62 metres
- The Parkmore - West Industrial Estate area
