Artwork
Dolmen (folly)
Dolmen (folly) is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Slieve Croob stands 534 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Derriaghy Glen Linear Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 9.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates54.54178, -6.01425
- 9.5 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Derriaghy Glen Linear Park: 0.4 mi
- McIlroy Park: 0.5 mi
- Jubilee Park: 0.7 mi
- Twinbrook Wildlife Park: 0.8 mi
- Bells Lane Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
- Tom Robinson Park: 1.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.2 mi
- Dickson's Display Garden: 1.2 mi
- Historic Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Fragrant Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
Artworks
- Terence Robinson: 1.0 mi
- Leap of Faith: 1.3 mi
- Mary Peters Statue: 1.9 mi
- The Rescue: 2.3 mi
- King: 2.3 mi
Attractions
- Hilden Brewing Company: 1.5 mi
- Giants Ring: 2.6 mi
- Prehistoric stones: 2.6 mi
- Drumbo Round Tower: 2.8 mi
- The Industry Barge: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
- Lisburn War Memorial: 2.3 mi
- The Wallace Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Keiran Doherty TD Memorial: 2.7 mi
- McCrudden ORawe Jordan Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Lord Kelvin's Statue: 4.2 mi
Peaks
- Collin: 2.3 mi
- Black Hill: 3.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Divis: 4.8 mi
- Crew Hill: 6.6 mi
Museums: 38
- Linen Centre and Museum: 2.4 mi
- Ulster Museum: 4.2 mi
- Museum of Orange Heritage: 5.2 mi
- George Best's Family Home: 5.2 mi
- Royal Ulster Rifles Museum: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 21
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 3.1 mi
- Lagan Meadows: 3.4 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 3.5 mi
- Bog Meadows: 3.6 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 15
- Seaforde Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
- Cuan Beach: 17.9 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Playrock Viewpoint: 18.4 mi
- Clough Picnic Site: 18.9 mi
Springs: 11
- Volunteers' Well: 7.9 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 14.6 mi
- Sunday Well: 15.5 mi
- Tobernaveen: 16.9 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Limestone Quarry: 7.2 mi
- Cave Hill: 7.9 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 8.6 mi
- Spinkanee: 17.6 mi
- Spellack: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 9
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 9.6 mi
- Seapark Beach: 10.7 mi
- Brompton Bay: 15.8 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 16.0 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Stepping Stones: 10.3 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Black Stairs: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Dolmen (folly). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Croob | S 173° | 534 m | 14.0 mi |
| Divis | N 358° | 478 m | 4.8 mi |
| Slievenisky | S 172° | 446 m | 14.7 mi |
| Cratlieve | S 179° | 429 m | 14.4 mi |
| Slievegarran | S 175° | 391 m | 15.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 8° | 389 m | 4.4 mi |
| Squires Hill | N 11° | 374 m | 7.0 mi |
| Cavehill | NNE 19° | 368 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 17:50 | 18:37 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:04 | 22:05 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:38 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:45 | 14:48 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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