Historic site · Ireland
The Bottle Tower
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The Bottle Tower is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Rathfarnham Castle Gate House, a historic site 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1700s
How to reach it
Coordinates53.29592, -6.26878
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Save the Bees: 0.5 mi
- Sensory Sight: 0.6 mi
- Sensory Touch: 0.6 mi
- Dublin Bike: 0.6 mi
- Sensory Smell: 0.7 mi
Attractions
- Nature Room: 1.1 mi
- Airfield Farm: 1.6 mi
- Fairy Tree Home: 1.7 mi
- The MART Gallery: 2.0 mi
- Tibradden House: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 2.5 mi
- Kilmashogue: 3.1 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 4.0 mi
- Tibradden Mountain: 4.0 mi
Parks
- Loreto Park: 0.4 mi
- Orwell Park: 0.6 mi
- Rathfarnham Castle Park: 0.6 mi
- Dartry Park: 0.8 mi
- Marianella Gardens: 0.9 mi
Museums: 56
- Pearse Museum: 1.0 mi
- Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre: 2.2 mi
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 2.4 mi
- Irish Jewish Museum: 2.4 mi
- Imaginosity: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 51
- St Enda's Park Walled Garden: 1.1 mi
- Trinity College Dublin Botanical Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Regency Walled Garden: 1.2 mi
- The Kingfisher Project: 1.9 mi
- Cluanóg: 2.1 mi
Historic sites: 49
- Old Rathfarnham Castle Gate House: 0.4 mi
- Rathfarnham Castle: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Isaac Usher: 1.0 mi
- Shell House: 1.0 mi
- Druid's Glen: 1.1 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 2.6 mi
- Saint James' Well: 4.2 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 5.2 mi
- Source of Glencree River: 5.2 mi
- Saint John's Well: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 27
- Merrion Strand: 3.0 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 3.4 mi
- Seapoint: 4.5 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 6.4 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 20
- Wildflower Meadow: 1.7 mi
- The Grove: 2.4 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 2.5 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.1 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Hawk Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Lover's Leap: 9.1 mi
- The Shaft: 11.2 mi
- Streaky Slab: 11.2 mi
- Telegraph Slab: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 10.6 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 16.2 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 18.0 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Toni's: 3.6 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 15.5 mi
- Poplar Square: 17.1 mi
- BBQ Area: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of The Bottle Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 198° | 757 m | 8.5 mi |
| Djouce | S 174° | 726 m | 11.5 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 212° | 723 m | 8.4 mi |
| War Hill | S 177° | 685 m | 10.8 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 191° | 682 m | 11.7 mi |
| Seahan | SW 221° | 647 m | 7.2 mi |
| Tonduff | S 180° | 642 m | 9.3 mi |
| White Hill | S 174° | 631 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:00 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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