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1798

1798 from directly overhead

1798 is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Slievebawn stands 525 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Castlecomer Discovery Park, a attraction 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Material
limestone

How to reach it

Coordinates52.80572, -7.20582

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Peaks
  • Ballynalacken Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Nale's Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Jake's Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Knockardagur: 5.5 mi
  • Cooper's Hill: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Parks: 57
  • Castlecomer Discovery Park: 0.5 mi
  • Fair Green: 5.5 mi
  • Kilkenny Countryside Park: 8.1 mi
  • Mill Road Amenity Area: 8.3 mi
  • Killeshin Waterworks Amenity Park: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 34
Gardens: 28
  • Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Abbeyleix Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Abbey Sense Garden: 9.6 mi
  • The King's Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 9.6 mi
Museums: 20
  • Footprints In Coal: 0.2 mi
  • Irish Fly Fishing and Game Shooting Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Ionad Lachtain: 9.5 mi
  • Abbeyleix Heritage Centre: 9.7 mi
  • Stephens Barracks Museum: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Castle View: 19.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
  • Emo Court picnic area: 20.9 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 21.5 mi
  • Lacca: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock of Foyle: 1.1 mi
  • Clamp Hole Waterfall: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 15.8 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 15.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of 1798. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SlievebawnSE 125°524.8 m20.2 mi
CroghanSSE 156°365 m18.8 mi
CoppanaghSSE 159°365 m19.7 mi
Clomantagh HillWSW 250°349 m13.4 mi
KnocknamuckSW 231°340 m17.6 mi
Clogrennan HillE 86°336 m8.2 mi
Fossy MountainN 9°332 m9.7 mi
Fossy HillN 6°323 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5618:42
June solstice05:0521:0121:58
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:4015:1016:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9801399516

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