Dukart's Canal

#6637 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Facts and practical information

Dukart's Canal was built to provide transport for coal from the Drumglass Collieries to the Coalisland Canal in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. It opened in 1777, and used three inclined planes, rather than locks, to cope with changes in level. There is little evidence that it was ever used, as the planes could not be made to work properly, and they were dismantled in 1787. ()

Coordinates: 54°32'52"N, 6°44'7"W

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Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom

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Dukart's Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ballysaggart Lough, Peatlands Park, Tullyhogue Fort, Castle Caulfield.

4.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Ballysaggart Lough, Dungannon
104 min walk • Ballysaggart Lough or Black Lough is a lough in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the drainage basin of the River Blackwater which flows out of Lough Neagh. It is part of the waterway created to service mills in nearby Moygashel. The lough has an area of 42.5 acres.
6.7 miSE
Park
Peatlands Park
170 min walk • Peatlands Park is a 266 hectares area established in 1990 and placed under the safeguard of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency. It is located in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and has been designated as an Area of Special Scientific Interest.
4.3 miN
Archaeological site
Tullyhogue Fort, Cookstown
111 min walk • Tullyhogue Fort, also spelt Tullaghoge or Tullahoge, is large mound on the outskirts of Tullyhogue village near Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It has a depressed centre and is surrounded by trees. It is an ancient ceremonial site where the Chiefs of the Clan O'Neill of Tyrone were inaugurated.
4.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Castle Caulfield
126 min walk • Castle Caulfield is a large ruined house situated in Castlecaulfield, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The house was built by Sir Toby Caulfeild between 1611 and 1619. He was granted 1000 acres during the Ulster Plantation.
5.2 miE
Forts and castles
Mountjoy Castle
132 min walk • Mountjoy Castle is situated near the village of Brockagh, in Magheralamfield townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on a hill overlooking Lough Neagh.
3.3 miSW
54°30'17"N • 6°46'9"W
Dungannon Library, Dungannon
84 min walk • Library
4.1 miSE
Canal
Coalisland Canal
104 min walk • Coalisland Canal is a canal in County Tyrone in Ulster and is about 7.2 kilometres long. Construction of the canal began in 1733, but progress was slow and it was not officially opened until 1787.
1.9 miN
54°34'23"N • 6°45'7"W
Roughan Castle
48 min walk • Forts and castles
4 miS
Sport, Sport venue
Stangmore Park
104 min walk • Stangmore Park is a football stadium in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of Dungannon Swifts, and holds 5,000 spectators, 300 of whom can be seated.
1.5 miE
Town
Coalisland
39 min walk • Coalisland is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 5,682 in the 2011 Census. Four miles from Lough Neagh, it was formerly a centre for coal mining.