The Bottle Tower
At Whitehall Road in Rathfarnham there stands a curious structure.
It is named the Bottle Tower for its unique shape. It's also known
as Hall's Barn. It was built in 1742 in imitation of Wonderful Barn
near Leixlip, but wasn't so well constructed. The ground floor was
used as a barn, and 1st and 2nd floors were residential. Behind the
barn a smaller structure was built in of similar shape and was used
as a pigeon house. Beside the Bottle Tower there was a house named
Whitehall, converted later to a boarding house. Some years later
the house and the pigeon house were demolished. Not being used, the
Bottle Tower fell into a ruin, but fortunately survived, being now
one of the most distinctive structures in Rathfarnham.
The Bottle Cache
Bottle Tower is located on private ground with no access, but the
start point is just beside it. At listed coordinates you will see a
post with a black number on a yellow plate. Call this number
A. Below it you will find a 4-digit number - call it
BCDE.
The cache is at coordinates:
N53° 1(B+1).CDC
W006° 1E.C(D-E+1)(D-A)
