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Tom Lyng

Tom Lyng from directly overhead

Tom Lyng is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Slievebawn stands 525 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Estate Yard, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Castlecomer Connections Author Tom Lyng 1910-1997
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates52.80681, -7.20186
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
  • Ballynalacken Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Jake's Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Nale's Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Knockardagur: 5.5 mi
  • Cooper's Hill: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Parks: 54
  • Castlecomer Discovery Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fair Green: 5.6 mi
  • Kilkenny Countryside Park: 8.2 mi
  • Killeshin Waterworks Amenity Park: 8.3 mi
  • Mill Road Amenity Area: 8.5 mi
Historic sites: 53
Attractions: 32
Gardens: 21
  • Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Abbeyleix Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Abbey Sense Garden: 9.6 mi
  • The King's Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Kitchen Garden: 9.7 mi
Museums: 20
  • Footprints In Coal: 0.0 mi
  • Irish Fly Fishing and Game Shooting Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Ionad Lachtain: 9.7 mi
  • Abbeyleix Heritage Centre: 9.7 mi
  • Stephens Barracks Museum: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Castle View: 19.9 mi
  • Emo Court picnic area: 20.8 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 21.4 mi
  • Lacca: 21.8 mi
  • Moore Abbey Wood: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock of Foyle: 1.2 mi
  • Clamp Hole Waterfall: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Tom Lyng. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SlievebawnSE525 m20.1 mi
CroghanSSE365 m18.8 mi
CoppanaghSSE365 m19.7 mi
Clomantagh HillWSW349 m13.6 mi
KnocknamuckSW340 m17.8 mi
Clogrennan HillE336 m8.1 mi
Fossy MountainN332 m9.6 mi
Fossy HillN323 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5618:42
June solstice05:0521:0121:58
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:4015:1016:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13301764602

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