Water Tower
Water Tower is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Slievenamon stands 720 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Prior's Tower, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
one of the seven tower houses at Kells Priory, County Kilkenny, built over the former mill race
Wikidata Q136687142, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Prior's Tower: 0.0 mi
- Famous Horses of Kells: 0.3 mi
- Site of tennis club: 1.6 mi
- RIC Barracks: 1.6 mi
- Petty Sessions Courthouse 1839: 1.7 mi
- Kells Recreational & Natural Play Area: 0.4 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 4.8 mi
- Páirc na Seamróga: 5.5 mi
- The Quarry: 7.3 mi
- Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 7.4 mi
- Lacken Well: 0.6 mi
- Toberbride: 1.2 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 1.6 mi
- Saint Kieran's Well: 1.6 mi
- Ballyda Holy Well: 1.9 mi
- James Hoban Memorial: 4.5 mi
- St Kevin's Head: 4.8 mi
- Holy Trinity Stone: 5.3 mi
- Cantwell Fada: 6.3 mi
- Ball: 7.4 mi
- Carricknagappul: 7.5 mi
- Chapel Rock: 7.7 mi
- Carricktriss Gorse: 8.8 mi
- Bishop's Hill: 9.0 mi
- Saddle Hill: 9.2 mi
- Kilree Round Tower: 1.4 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 4.8 mi
- Aghaviller Round Tower: 5.1 mi
- Kilkenny Airsoft: 5.8 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 6.4 mi
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 0.3 mi
- Edmund Rice Heritage Centre: 5.6 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 7.8 mi
- Rothe House & Garden: 8.0 mi
- Stephens Barracks Museum: 8.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.3 mi
- Shrubberies: 3.9 mi
- Gáirdín an Ghorta: 4.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.5 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 5.6 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 5.1 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 8.7 mi
- Fiddown Island: 14.8 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 18.0 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 19.1 mi
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 12.5 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 17.6 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 22.0 mi
- Mahon Falls: 24.2 mi
- Castle View: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 23.0 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 7.4 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 7.4 mi
- Mahon Valley: 24.2 mi
- Arthurstown Beach: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Water Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slievenamon | WSW 238° | 720.2 m | 14.6 mi |
| Slievenamon North-West Top | WSW 241° | 564 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sheegouna | WSW 239° | 553.5 m | 14.0 mi |
| Brandon Hill | E 99° | 515 m | 12.5 mi |
| White Mountain | E 97° | 509 m | 18.0 mi |
| Knockahunna | WSW 242° | 502.8 m | 13.7 mi |
| Carrigroe | E 94° | 495 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bran Poceagh | E 97° | 489 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:57 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 21:01 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/150412627
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