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Marian Year statue

Marian Year statue from directly overhead

Marian Year statue is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Keeper Hill stands 692 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Bit Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away.

Roman Catholic religious statue of Mary (Our Lady) erected in Marian Year (1988). Concrete statue painted white. Height including plinth is approximately 2 metres.

What the record says

Built
1988
Material
concrete

How to reach it

Coordinates52.81621, -7.91926

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
  • Saint James's Well: 2.2 mi
  • Toberlahan: 3.5 mi
  • Toby's Well: 3.8 mi
  • Toberoran: 4.6 mi
  • Holly Well: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Aghnameadle Castle: 3.3 mi
  • Knocka Castle: 3.3 mi
  • Cloghanerma Castle: 3.5 mi
  • Blean Castle: 4.5 mi
  • Ballynamoe Castle: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 26
Parks: 25
  • Thomas MacDonagh Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Ecovillage Woodland: 10.4 mi
  • The Walled Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Thurles Town Park: 10.6 mi
  • Glebe Field: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 19
Museums: 14
Artworks: 9
Picnic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Blessed Well: 17.0 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Marian Year statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keeper HillWSW 253°691.6 m15.0 mi
MauherslieveWSW 237°543 m13.5 mi
Silvermine Mountains W TopW 260°489 m14.7 mi
Devil's Bit MountainNNE 28°480 m0.4 mi
Silvermine Mountains E TopW 259°479 m14.0 mi
Cooneen HillWSW 249°467 m10.1 mi
GortagarryWSW 254°458 m1.5 mi
TooreenSW 219°457 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:44
June solstice05:0721:0422:01
September equinox07:1818:4719:33
December solstice08:4315:1316:18

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11151768152

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