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Scattery Round Tower

Scattery Round Tower from directly overhead

Scattery Round Tower is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Slievecallan stands 391 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobar Sinean, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.7 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

former monastic site in Co. Clare

Wikidata Q116689258, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Step-free access
No

How to reach it

Coordinates52.61429, -9.51712

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Tobar Sinean: 0.0 mi
  • St. Senan's Well: 2.1 mi
  • Saint Martin's Well: 3.1 mi
  • Toberelton: 3.3 mi
  • St Senan's Well: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • St. Senan's Bed: 0.1 mi
  • Scattery School House Ruins: 0.1 mi
  • Fort: 0.6 mi
  • Carrig Point Battery: 2.5 mi
  • Carrigafoyle Castle: 3.2 mi
Peaks: 26
Attractions: 9
  • Vandeleur Walled Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Diamond Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Dolphin Watch Carrigaholt: 8.1 mi
  • Crazy Golf: 10.1 mi
  • Mountshannon Estate: 10.9 mi
Parks: 9
  • Listowel Town Park: 11.8 mi
  • Abha Bhán Parish Park: 13.6 mi
  • Abhainn sleibhe cascades: 18.2 mi
  • Remembrance Garden: 22.5 mi
  • The Green: 22.8 mi
Artworks: 7
Museums: 6
Beaches: 6
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Virgin Rock: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Kilflynn Nature Reserve: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cloonmacken Lake Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Joe Keohane Roundabout: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Scattery Round Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SlievecallanNNE 33°391 m18.7 mi
Ballincollig HillS 189°356 m21.7 mi
CruslineSSW 191°355 m21.4 mi
KnockanimpahaSE 125°344 m18.7 mi
Stack's MountainS 188°340 m20.6 mi
Knight's MountainS 177°334 m23.2 mi
Sugar HillSE 130°332 m19.1 mi
MuinganearS 174°330 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:0618:51
June solstice05:1521:1022:06
September equinox07:2418:5419:39
December solstice08:4815:2116:26

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/414675552

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