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The Bottle Tower

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The Bottle Tower from directly overhead

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

Historic sites
  • 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
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
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
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: 29
Nature reserves: 22
Cliffs: 22
Waterfalls: 11
Picnic sites: 7
  • Toni's: 3.6 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 7.3 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Poplar Square: 17.1 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureSSW 198°757 m8.5 mi
DjouceS 174°725.5 m11.5 mi
SeefinganSSW 212°722.9 m8.4 mi
War HillS 177°684.8 m10.8 mi
CarrigvoreS 191°682.36 m11.7 mi
SeahanSW 221°647.3 m7.2 mi
TonduffS 180°642 m9.3 mi
White HillS 174°631.1 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5218:38
June solstice04:5821:0021:57
September equinox07:1118:4019:26
December solstice08:3915:0216:09

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/686180619

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