Pillars
Pillars is an islet in County Wexford, Leinster. Pillars is situated nearby to the spring Conigar Well, as well as near the ruins Slade Castle.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hook Lighthouse and Slade Castle.
Hook Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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The Hook Lighthouse is a building situated on Hook Head at the tip of the Hook Peninsula in County Wexford, in Ireland. It is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world and the second oldest operating lighthouse in the world, after the Tower of Hercules in Spain. Hook Lighthouse is situated 1 km west of Pillars.
Slade Castle
Ruins
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Slade Castle is a tower house and National Monument in County Wexford, Ireland. It is located in the village of Slade on the Hook Peninsula and primarily dates to the late 15th or early 16th century. Slade Castle is situated 1 km northeast of Pillars.
St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula
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St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula is situated 1 km northwest of Pillars.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slade and Hook Point.
Slade
Village
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Slade is a small village and townland in County Wexford, Ireland. The townland, which has an area of approximately 1 square kilometre, sits on the Hook Peninsula and had a population of 52 people as of the 2011 census.
Hook Point
Locality
Photo: Dmgaerial, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hook Head, historically called Rindowan, is a headland in County Wexford, Ireland, on the east side of the estuary of The Three Sisters. It is part of the Hook peninsula and is adjacent to the historic townland of Loftus Hall.
Dunmore East
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Dunmore East is a small village on the coast of County Waterford in southeast Ireland. Its Irish name Dún Mór means "big fort", and has been applied to innumerable hillocks where ancient people huddled in the wind and rain, so this one is specifically Dunmore East.
Pillars
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.1268° or 52° 7′ 37″ northLongitude
-6.91619° or 6° 54′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C4M43GM+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 252815200OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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