Artwork · Ireland
Breaking Emmet's Block
Breaking Emmet's Block is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Wayfarer, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
Part of commemoration of 1916 Rising in 2016, inspired by megalithic follies in St Enda's Park and Emmet's Block on display in the Pearse Museum
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
Coordinates53.28660, -6.28261
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Wayfarer: 0.2 mi
- Patrick Pearse: 0.2 mi
- Dodder Labyrinth: 0.5 mi
- Save the Bees: 0.6 mi
- Dublin Bike: 0.7 mi
Parks
- St Enda's Park: 0.2 mi
- Whitecliff: 0.3 mi
- Loreto Park: 0.5 mi
- Rathfarnham Castle Park: 0.8 mi
- Little Dargle Dog Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- St Enda's Park Walled Garden: 0.3 mi
- Regency Walled Garden: 0.7 mi
- Trinity College Dublin Botanical Gardens: 2.0 mi
- The Kingfisher Project: 2.3 mi
- Cluanóg: 2.9 mi
Attractions
- Nature Room: 0.3 mi
- Fairy Tree Home: 1.2 mi
- Tibradden House: 2.0 mi
- Airfield Farm: 2.0 mi
- The MART Gallery: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
- Druid's Glen: 0.3 mi
- Obelisk: 0.3 mi
- Old Rathfarnham Castle Gate House: 0.6 mi
- Church: 0.7 mi
- Rathfarnham Castle: 0.8 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 2.1 mi
- Kilmashogue: 2.5 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 3.1 mi
- Tibradden Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 3.4 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 3.5 mi
- Saint James' Well: 4.2 mi
- Source of Glencree River: 4.4 mi
- Saint Ann's Well: 4.6 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 5.1 mi
Museums: 57
- Pearse Museum: 0.3 mi
- Explorium: National Sport and Science Centre: 2.3 mi
- Mary Aikenhead Heritage Centre: 2.8 mi
- Imaginosity: 2.8 mi
- Irish Jewish Museum: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 29
- Merrion Strand: 3.8 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.2 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.4 mi
- Seapoint: 5.2 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves: 23
- Wildflower Meadow: 1.2 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 2.4 mi
- The Grove: 3.3 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 3.8 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Hawk Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Lover's Leap: 8.9 mi
- The Shaft: 11.2 mi
- Streaky Slab: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 10.1 mi
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 11.0 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 17.1 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Toni's: 4.0 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 15.6 mi
- Poplar Square: 16.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Breaking Emmet's Block. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 195° | 757 m | 7.8 mi |
| Djouce | S 171° | 725.5 m | 10.9 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 210° | 722.9 m | 7.5 mi |
| Gravale | SSW 194° | 719.004 m | 11.6 mi |
| War Hill | S 173° | 684.8 m | 10.2 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 189° | 682.36 m | 10.9 mi |
| Seahan | SW 221° | 647.3 m | 6.3 mi |
| Tonduff | S 176° | 642 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:00 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:02 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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