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Castle Otway

Castle Otway is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Keeper Hill stands 692 m to the west-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Knockadigeen Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away.

The story

Castle Otway is a former 18th-century country house which stood on a hill on the outskirts of Templederry, near Nenagh in County Tipperary, Ireland. The house was built in stone up against the ruins of Cloghane Castle in two storeys with a 7-bay frontage, of which the middle three were pedimented. In the 19th century a tower house was attached at the rear based on the ruins of the castle keep. The house was burnt down in 1922 during the Civil War, probably by anti-Treaty Republicans. It now stands as a derelict ruin with the gardens and estate land used for farming.

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Wikidata Q15207875, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.77943, -8.08088

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Latteragh Castle: 2.5 mi
  • Cullahill Castle: 3.0 mi
  • Kilboy Church: 5.0 mi
  • Blean Castle: 5.8 mi
  • Cloghanerma Castle: 6.0 mi
Springs
  • Toberoran: 2.7 mi
  • Toberacooleen: 3.8 mi
  • Toby's Well: 4.3 mi
  • Killanna Well: 7.4 mi
  • Toberlahan: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 34
Parks: 33
  • Ballygraigue: 7.1 mi
  • Nenagh Town Park: 7.4 mi
  • Nenagh Old Park: 8.0 mi
  • Nenagh Community Allotments: 8.5 mi
  • Hollyford Millennium Garden: 10.2 mi
Artworks: 21
Gardens: 17
Museums: 15
  • Nenagh Heritage Centre: 7.8 mi
  • Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre: 11.4 mi
  • Cormackstown Heritage Centre: 11.9 mi
  • Lár na Páirce: 13.2 mi
  • Famine & War Museum: 13.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Blessed Well: 12.2 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Yurty's Couch: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Castle Otway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keeper HillWSW 256°691.6 m7.8 mi
MauherslieveSW 223°543 m6.6 mi
Silvermine Mountains W TopW 270°489 m7.8 mi
Devil's Bit MountainENE 67°480 m7.5 mi
Silvermine Mountains E TopW 268°479 m7.0 mi
Cooneen HillWSW 248°467 m2.9 mi
CullaunSW 224°460 m10.8 mi
GortagarryENE 68°458 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0018:45
June solstice05:0821:0522:01
September equinox07:1918:4819:33
December solstice08:4315:1416:19

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1077769779

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