Oghill Round Tower
Oghill Round Tower is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Croaghconnellagh stands 523 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Glendarragh River Picnic Site, a picnic site 1.0 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 18 miles off.
A memorial erected in 1895 to commemorate the slain of soldiers at an ancient battle in the area which was probably related the Jacobite - Williamite war of 1690. Some old ordnance survey maps show the nearby Jacobite Camp at Clonee, Ederney.
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Manorcunningham view · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dooraa Hill: 2.4 mi
- Tappaghan Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Greenan Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Dooish: 5.9 mi
- Bin Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Kiltierney Abbey (Ruins): 2.6 mi
- Crevenish Castle: 4.5 mi
- Old Castle Archdale: 4.9 mi
- White Island Carved Figures: 5.2 mi
- Necarne Castle: 5.9 mi
- Drumskinny Stone Circle: 2.9 mi
- Old Man's Head: 13.0 mi
- Pump house: 14.7 mi
- Castle Coole: 14.9 mi
- The Ice House: 15.1 mi
- Saint Tierney's Well: 2.6 mi
- Saint Molaise's Well: 9.8 mi
- Ooghboraghan Rising: 13.9 mi
- Saint Faber's Well: 14.1 mi
- Carrickbeg Rising: 14.1 mi
- Famine Graveyard: 5.2 mi
- Dromore Riverside Walk: 8.2 mi
- Devenish Island Monastic Site: 12.3 mi
- Cherry Island: 13.9 mi
- Ecclesville Park: 14.1 mi
- Mary Lady of Lough Derg Statue: 9.7 mi
- Saint Joseph Statue: 9.7 mi
- Saint Patrick's Statue: 9.7 mi
- Cloud Viewer: 10.5 mi
- Stone Circle: 14.4 mi
- Devenish Monastic Site Museum: 12.3 mi
- Railway Museum: 14.0 mi
- The Inniskillings Museum: 14.0 mi
- Fermanagh County Museum: 14.0 mi
- Ulster American Folk Park: 14.9 mi
- Glendarragh River Picnic Site: 1.0 mi
- Drumquin Picnic Site: 8.0 mi
- Fireagh Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Glenaniff Waterfall: 22.5 mi
- Fowley's Falls: 22.6 mi
- The Cloister: 9.7 mi
- Ireland's Best Garden: 9.9 mi
- Pleasure Grounds: 20.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 23.1 mi
- Cutting Flower Patch: 23.2 mi
- Drummoney Waterfall: 3.6 mi
- Blackslee waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Roogagh Waterfall: 19.6 mi
- Cascades Waterfall: 20.7 mi
- Devenish Local Nature Reserve: 13.3 mi
- RSPB Lower Lough Erne Islands: 13.8 mi
- Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 20.1 mi
- Hanging Rock: 20.2 mi
- Monastir: 21.7 mi
- Pollnagapple Natural Arch: 23.6 mi
- Murvagh Beach: 20.8 mi
- Wardtown Strand: 23.7 mi
- Marble Arch: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Oghill Round Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croaghconnellagh | NW 314° | 523 m | 17.5 mi |
| Croaghonagh | NW 315° | 451 m | 16.4 mi |
| Croaghnameal | NW 304° | 438 m | 14.0 mi |
| Bessy Bell | NE 47° | 420 m | 14.0 mi |
| Croaghmeen | NW 305° | 401 m | 14.8 mi |
| Belmore Mountain | SSW 199° | 398 m | 16.5 mi |
| Tullybrack | SSW 213° | 386 m | 15.5 mi |
| Crockkinnagoe | WNW 300° | 361 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:34 | 17:56 | 18:44 |
| June solstice | 04:55 | 21:11 | 22:11 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:45 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:52 | 14:55 | 16:07 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10867419343
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