Artwork · Ireland
Blackrock Dolmen
Blackrock Dolmen is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Stele for Cecil King, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1987
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Coordinates53.29897, -6.17396
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Stele for Cecil King: 0.2 mi
- Repose: 0.2 mi
- Blackrock Baths: 0.3 mi
- Hibernia: 0.4 mi
- Hibernia: 0.4 mi
Parks
- Temple Park: 0.2 mi
- Rockfield Park: 0.3 mi
- Belgrave Square: 0.5 mi
- Carysfort Park: 0.5 mi
- Longford Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- The Cross of the Rock: 0.2 mi
- James Joyce Pub Award: 0.2 mi
- Blackrock Baths (closed): 0.3 mi
- Stillorgan Obelisk: 0.9 mi
- Monkstown Castle: 1.2 mi
Attractions
- Ernest Walton: 1.1 mi
- Hermann Get grave: 1.1 mi
- John A. Costelloe: 1.1 mi
- Todd Andrews: 1.1 mi
- John McCormack: 1.2 mi
Gardens
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Residence: 1.5 mi
- The Biblical Garden: 1.5 mi
- Cluanóg: 2.0 mi
- Aventine Gardens: 2.5 mi
- Tresilian Bee Garden: 2.6 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 2.9 mi
- Saint James' Well: 3.5 mi
- Well of Gailline: 3.9 mi
- Scurvy Well: 4.0 mi
- Saint John's Well: 5.9 mi
Peaks
- Mullins Hill: 3.3 mi
- Killiney Hill: 3.4 mi
- Dalkey Hill: 3.5 mi
- Telshaun Hill: 4.3 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 4.4 mi
Museums: 56
- National Maritime Museum of Ireland: 1.8 mi
- Imaginosity: 2.3 mi
- James Joyce Tower and Museum: 2.6 mi
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 3.4 mi
- National Print Museum: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 30
- Seapoint: 0.6 mi
- Merrion Strand: 1.7 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 2.5 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 2.6 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- Booterstown Marsh: 1.0 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 1.3 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 1.4 mi
- Roche's Hill: 3.2 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 3.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Hawk Cliff: 3.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Lover's Leap: 8.0 mi
- The Shaft: 9.0 mi
- Streaky Slab: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 14.6 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 17.6 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 18.7 mi
- Trooperstown Falls: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Hawk Cliff: 3.7 mi
- Toni's: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 18.1 mi
- BBQ Area: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Blackrock Dolmen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SW 218° | 757 m | 10.6 mi |
| Djouce | SSW 193° | 725.5 m | 11.9 mi |
| Seefingan | SW 229° | 722.9 m | 11.1 mi |
| Gravale | SSW 211° | 719.004 m | 14.1 mi |
| War Hill | SSW 197° | 684.8 m | 11.5 mi |
| Carrigvore | SSW 208° | 682.36 m | 13.2 mi |
| Seahan | WSW 237° | 647.3 m | 10.3 mi |
| Tonduff | SSW 202° | 642 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 20:59 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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