Protector of the Lough
Protector of the Lough is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Trostan stands 550 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden Heritage Exhibition, a museum 0.6 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 7.7 miles off.
An 8m tall steel sculpture of the Irish giant Finn McCool. In legend Finn created Lough Neagh by sciooping up a huge rock to hurl after a retreating rival. The rock missed and is now the Isle of Man.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Overlooks nearby
- The Mount · 21 mi
- The Glens of Antrim · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Wolfhound: 0.6 mi
- Greystone Roundabout Sculpture: 2.2 mi
- Swans statue: 2.6 mi
- Connor Presbyterian Church: 6.4 mi
- Painted Standing Stones: 6.5 mi
- Antrim Castle: 0.6 mi
- Pump Tower: 0.7 mi
- Alexander Irvine: 1.0 mi
- Shane's Castle: 1.4 mi
- Shane's Castle: 1.7 mi
- Antrim Castle Gardens & Clotworthy House: 0.7 mi
- Alexander Irvine Park: 1.0 mi
- Round Tower: 1.4 mi
- Carnbeg Park: 1.5 mi
- Wallace Park: 6.0 mi
- Duck Pond: 0.8 mi
- Antrim Round Tower: 1.4 mi
- the Doagh Holestone: 7.1 mi
- Ulster New Zealand Centre: 10.1 mi
- ECOS Centre: 10.5 mi
- Carnearny: 4.6 mi
- Tardree Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Drumadarragh Hill: 7.7 mi
- Big Collin: 8.7 mi
- Irish Hill: 9.0 mi
- Parterre Garden: 0.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.7 mi
- Ahoghill Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 11.9 mi
- Glenbryn Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Garden Heritage Exhibition: 0.6 mi
- The Landscape Centre: 4.5 mi
- Gracehill Village Old School Museum: 10.2 mi
- Mid-Antrim Museum: 10.4 mi
- Sentry Hill Historic House: 10.6 mi
- RSPB Portmore Lough Reserve: 11.3 mi
- Slievenacloy Nature Reserve: 12.0 mi
- Belshaw's Quarry Nature Reserve: 13.5 mi
- Bog Meadows: 14.2 mi
- RSPB Belfast Lough: 15.7 mi
- Glenoe Waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Grillagh Waterfall: 20.3 mi
- Stepping Stones: 21.3 mi
- Cranny Falls: 21.4 mi
- Tobernaveen: 3.8 mi
- Volunteers' Well: 12.8 mi
- Holy Well: 13.7 mi
- Lady's Well: 13.8 mi
- Official Start Of The Clady River: 17.9 mi
- Newtownabbey Bay (Hazelbank) Beach: 14.1 mi
- Seapark Beach: 17.2 mi
- Browns bay walk: 21.2 mi
- Brompton Bay: 22.4 mi
- Skippingstone Beach: 22.7 mi
- Limestone Quarry: 12.3 mi
- Bellevue Area of Special Scientific Interest: 12.4 mi
- Cave Hill: 12.6 mi
- Ballygalley Head: 20.3 mi
- Coltrim Picnic Park: 17.6 mi
- Ballyforles Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Craigadick Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Beagh Bridge Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Protector of the Lough. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trostan | N 8° | 550 m | 23.1 mi |
| Slievenanee | N 7° | 543 m | 21.7 mi |
| Slieve Gallion | W 273° | 526.6 m | 20.8 mi |
| Slieve Gallion NE Top | W 277° | 493.6 m | 19.9 mi |
| Divis | SE 129° | 478 m | 11.4 mi |
| Agnew's Hill | NE 53° | 474 m | 15.2 mi |
| Skerry Hill | N 2° | 459 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mid Hill | NNE 14° | 440 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:50 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:48 | 21:06 | 22:07 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:47 | 14:47 | 16:00 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/10772975334
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