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Aghadoe Round Tower

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Aghadoe Round Tower from directly overhead

Aghadoe Round Tower is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Carrauntoohil stands 1,039 m to the southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Aghadoe Early Medieval Ecclesiastical Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Ring of Kerry passes 0.5 miles off.

The story

round tower in County Kerry, Ireland

Wikidata Q61374140, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Step-free access
No

How to reach it

Coordinates52.07697, -9.55485

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Springs: 40
Attractions: 36
Artworks: 32
Parks: 23
  • Killarney House: 2.4 mi
  • Maurice O'Donoghue Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Stone garden: 4.6 mi
  • Cumann na mBan Park: 13.6 mi
  • Reenagross Park: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Fern Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Ballymullen Roundabout: 14.2 mi
  • Joe Keohane Roundabout: 14.5 mi
  • Garden of the Senses: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 9
  • McRose Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Coss Strand: 15.7 mi
  • Rossbeigh Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Fenit Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Bunaneer Strand: 21.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 7
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 2
  • Caoinkeen: 18.1 mi
  • Droppa: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Three Counties: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Aghadoe Round Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
CarrauntoohilSW 236°1,038.6 m9.6 mi
BeenkeraghWSW 239°1,008.2 m9.5 mi
Cnoc na PéisteSW 228°985.1 m8.1 mi
Maolán BuíSW 228°968.9 m8.4 mi
The BonesWSW 238°956.5 m9.7 mi
Cnoc an ChuillinnSW 228°954.6 m9.0 mi
The Big GunSW 227°939.9 m7.7 mi
Cruach MhórSW 228°930.8 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:0618:51
June solstice05:1821:0822:03
September equinox07:2518:5519:39
December solstice08:4515:2516:29

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/510268894

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