Watch tower
Watch tower is a building in County Wexford, Leinster. Watch tower is situated near Hook Lighthouse, as well as near the locality Hook Point.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Hook Lighthouse and St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula.
Hook Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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.
St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula
St. Dubhán’s Church, Churchtown, Hook Peninsula is situated 1¼ km north of Watch tower.Slade Castle
Ruins
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 1½ km northeast of Watch tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hook Point and Slade.
Hook Point
Locality
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.
Slade
Village
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.
Dunmore East
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.Watch tower
- Type: Building
- Category: historic site
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.12369° or 52° 7′ 25″ north
Longitude
-6.92959° or 6° 55′ 47″ west
Open location code
9C4M43FC+F5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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Highlights: Hook Lighthouse and Lime Kiln.
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