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Ruins · Portmagee

Old Watch Tower, Portmagee

Old Watch Tower is a ruin in Portmagee, County Kerry, 1.8 km west of the centre. Cromwell's Fort, Telegraph Field Valentia Island and Anglo American Cable House, Telegraph Field are within 360 m.

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Ruins
From the centre
1.8 km west, in a straight line
Bus stop
Unnamed stop, 1.8 km away

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Destination, access and nearby stops

Old Watch Tower is in Portmagee, County Kerry. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

It is 1.8 km west of the centre of Portmagee in a straight line. The nearest stop the map records is an unnamed stop, 1.8 km away in a straight line.
Stops near it

The nearest scheduled stop is Portmagee (11002), 2.0 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • Portmagee 2.0 km
    bus 287a
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Getting to Portmagee covers the journeys into the town itself.

Within a short walk

What else the map names within four hundred metres of Old Watch Tower.

Other ruins in Portmagee

Nearest to Old Watch Tower first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Old Watch Tower, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 16 ruins in Portmagee

Questions people ask

Where is Old Watch Tower?
In Portmagee, County Kerry, 1.8 km west of the centre.
What are the opening hours of Old Watch Tower?
Opening hours are not available on this page yet. Check with the business before travelling.
How far is Old Watch Tower from the centre of Portmagee?
1.8 km west of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other ruins near Old Watch Tower?
16 in Portmagee altogether. The nearest are Cromwell's Fort, Bray Head Signal Tower and Teampall a' Chaisil/Temple Cashel.
How do you get to Old Watch Tower without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is Portmagee, 2.0 km away in a straight line, and bus 287a call there, run by TFI Local Link Kerry. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

Where this comes from

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The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/5344897074, and can be corrected there.
Worked out here
Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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