Roundwood

Roundwood is a small village in the hills of in Ireland, with a population in 2016 of 948. Its Irish name is An Tóchar, "the causeway" which probably refers to the approaches to the nearby monastic centre of Glendalough; but the main reason to be here is to hike its trails.
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  • Type: Village with 833 residents
  • Description: town in Leinster, Ireland
  • Also known as: Roundwood, County Wicklow

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vartry Reservoir and Victor’s Way.

Reservoir
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.
is a reservoir at Roundwood in , . The water is piped from Vartry to a large open service reservoir in in the southern suburbs of .

Photo: Yablochko, CC0.
Victor's Way, located near Roundwood, County Wicklow, Ireland, is a privately owned meditation garden which contains black granite sculptures. The 22-acre property contains over 30 sculptures.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annamoe.

Hamlet
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is a village located on the Avonmore river in , about 32 km south of . It is on the R755 road between Roundwood and on the road to . is situated 4 km southwest of Roundwood.

Roundwood

Latitude
53.0635° or 53° 3′ 49″ north
Longitude
-6.2247° or 6° 13′ 29″ west
Population
833
Elevation
262 metres (860 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE RDW
Open location code
9C5M3Q7G+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52270446
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2961173
Wiki­data ID
Q2096493
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Roundwood” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Roundwood
  • Catalan: Roundwood
  • Cebuano: Roundwood
  • Danish: Roundwood
  • Dutch: Roundwood
  • French: Roundwood
  • German: An Tóchar
  • German: Roundwood
  • German: Togher
  • Hebrew: ראונווד
  • Irish: An Tóchar, Cill Mhantáin
  • Irish: An Tóchar
  • Korean: 라운드우드
  • Lithuanian: Raundvudas
  • Russian: Раундвуд
  • Spanish: Roundwood
  • Swedish: Roundwood

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Roundwood”. Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.