Widow's Cottages
Widow's Cottages is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is General Thomas Cloney, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Row of four cottages, purpose built for widows, in Graiguenamanagh.
Dates from 1860.
Wikidata Q124350827, matched on coordinates and name (14 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- c.1860. Purpose built cottages with potato patches to the rear. The Clifden family built these cottages for indigent widows.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Saint Fiacre: 0.1 mi
- St. Moling: 0.1 mi
- Choir Monk: 0.1 mi
- Knight of Duiske: 0.1 mi
- Scribe Monk: 0.1 mi
- Brandon Hill: 2.4 mi
- Croghan: 3.1 mi
- Monasilloge: 3.3 mi
- Coppanagh: 3.7 mi
- Frengh Hill: 3.9 mi
- Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 5.8 mi
- Cois Bearbha: 6.2 mi
- Goresbridge Community Park: 6.4 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 9.0 mi
- Library Park: 10.2 mi
- General Thomas Cloney: 0.0 mi
- Drinking Well: 0.1 mi
- Bianconi Archway: 0.1 mi
- Assembly Rooms: 0.1 mi
- Knight of Duiske: 0.1 mi
- Lady's Well: 0.1 mi
- Keating's Well: 0.1 mi
- Saint Michael's Well: 0.6 mi
- Fr. Cloney's Well: 1.0 mi
- Ballynakill Wells: 1.2 mi
- Ballyogan Cross: 0.1 mi
- Cushendale Woollen Mills: 0.2 mi
- Gowran Abbey: 7.6 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 7.9 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 9.0 mi
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 6.0 mi
- Goodly Barrow Museum: 6.3 mi
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 13.4 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 14.7 mi
- Stephens Barracks Museum: 14.8 mi
- Forge Masters Garden: 6.0 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 7.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 8.6 mi
- High Hill Norman Garden: 10.0 mi
- Coolaught Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Arthurstown Beach: 20.7 mi
- Duncannon: 22.3 mi
- Raheen Strand: 22.7 mi
- Dromina Strand: 23.2 mi
- Booley Bay Beach: 23.6 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 8.0 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 14.9 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 21.1 mi
- Fiddown Island: 21.4 mi
- Castle View: 7.3 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 11.5 mi
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 16.0 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 20.0 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 19.3 mi
- Carricjmore Cliff: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Widow's Cottages. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | NE 54° | 794 m | 9.0 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | E 85° | 732 m | 6.2 mi |
| Moats of Craan | ENE 57° | 657 m | 10.0 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | ENE 61° | 600 m | 10.8 mi |
| Knockroe | ENE 63° | 539 m | 7.7 mi |
| Slievebawn | NE 42° | 525 m | 9.0 mi |
| Brandon Hill | SSW 201° | 515 m | 2.4 mi |
| White Mountain | ESE 117° | 509 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:55 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:59 | 21:55 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:37 | 15:11 | 16:16 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8710518056
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