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Ponsonby Memorial Tower

Ponsonby Memorial Tower, a historic site in Ireland
Ponsonby Memorial Tower, a historic site in IrelandSarahwalshireland · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ponsonby Memorial Tower is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Kilclooney Mountain stands 792 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Rogerstown Castle, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

The story

monument in The Sham Tower, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Wikidata Q55046658, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.35347, -7.33974

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Artworks
  • MoDomnoc: 1.6 mi
  • Saint Crispeen: 4.7 mi
  • Slate sculpture: 5.4 mi
  • Two Men in A Boat: 10.2 mi
  • Golden Harvest: 11.1 mi
Peaks
  • Tower Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Carrigfenoagh: 2.5 mi
  • Carriganog Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Kilmacoliver Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Carricktriss Gorse: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 57
Parks: 56
  • Pil River Park: 0.7 mi
  • Castle Park: 2.9 mi
  • The Green: 3.0 mi
  • Páirc na Seamróga: 9.8 mi
  • Kilmacthomas Park: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 31
  • Kilmurrin Cove: 14.8 mi
  • Bunmahon Strand: 14.9 mi
  • Benvoy Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Stage Cove: 14.9 mi
  • Boatstrand Beach: 14.9 mi
Gardens: 22
  • Gáirdín an Ghorta: 9.0 mi
  • Shrubberies: 10.8 mi
  • Top of the City Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Walled Garden: 13.5 mi
Museums: 19
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 5
  • Mahon Valley: 12.1 mi
  • Mahon Valley: 13.3 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 17.9 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 17.9 mi
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Castle View: 14.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Ponsonby Memorial Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kilclooney MountainSW 228°792 m11.2 mi
CarrignagowerSW 235°767 m10.8 mi
KnockanaffrinWSW 247°755 m11.2 mi
CurraghduffSW 232°750.1 m11.4 mi
CoumfeaSW 231°741.9 m12.5 mi
Coumfea North TopSW 233°728.3 m12.1 mi
SeefinSW 229°725.592 m14.7 mi
KnockaunapeebraSW 227°724.4 m11.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5718:42
June solstice05:0821:0021:56
September equinox07:1618:4619:30
December solstice08:3815:1416:18

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/463173570

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