Artwork · Ireland
Sheela-na-gig
Sheela-na-gig is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Carrignagower stands 767 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Coordinates52.46536, -7.69342
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Sheela-na-gig: 0.0 mi
- Court Castle: 0.0 mi
- Edmond's Castle: 0.0 mi
- East Gate: 0.1 mi
- Cramp's Castle: 0.7 mi
Peaks
- Kilknockan Hill: 1.2 mi
- Carrigdotia: 4.3 mi
- Carrickbrock: 4.6 mi
- Carrignagun: 5.0 mi
- Slievenamon North-West Top: 5.3 mi
Springs
- Muggia Well: 2.0 mi
- Lady's Well: 2.3 mi
- Toberaphreaghaun: 2.9 mi
- Saint James's Well: 3.4 mi
- St Nicholas' Well: 3.9 mi
Artworks: 42
- Fatima: 0.1 mi
- Saint Brigid: 7.8 mi
- Saint Patrick: 7.8 mi
- Two Men in A Boat: 8.6 mi
- The baptism of King Aengus by saint Patrick: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 39
- Main Guard: 7.8 mi
- Crusader's Grave: 8.6 mi
- Cormac's Chapel: 9.1 mi
- Hore Abbey: 9.4 mi
- Hore Abbey: 9.4 mi
Parks: 36
- East Gate Park: 0.1 mi
- Fethard Town Park: 0.3 mi
- Richard Mulcahy Town Park: 7.5 mi
- Denis Burke Park: 7.9 mi
- Inch Field: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 20
- Gairdín Gharraí na Leadhb: 7.7 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 8.6 mi
- Fairy Garden: 10.5 mi
- Shrubberies: 15.0 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 15.6 mi
Museums: 16
- Fethard Horse Country Experience: 0.1 mi
- Tipperary Museum of Hidden History: 7.6 mi
- Cashel Folk Musuem: 9.0 mi
- Famine Warhouse 1848: 12.8 mi
- Edmund Rice Heritage Centre: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 15.9 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 15.9 mi
- Mahon Valley: 17.1 mi
- Mahon Valley: 17.2 mi
- Eagles Step: 24.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Garden of Renewal: 8.8 mi
- Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 16.3 mi
- Fiddown Island: 18.5 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 23.3 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- The Prison Waterfall: 10.0 mi
- Mahon Falls: 17.1 mi
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 22.1 mi
- Assaroula Waterfall: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Castle View: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Sheela-na-gig. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrignagower | SSE 156° | 767 m | 15.2 mi |
| Knockanaffrin | SSE 159° | 755 m | 13.1 mi |
| Slievenamon | ESE 115° | 720.2 m | 6.1 mi |
| Knocksheegowna | SSE 160° | 675.7 m | 12.2 mi |
| Knockanaffrin South Top | SSE 159° | 628 m | 13.8 mi |
| Slievenamon North-West Top | ESE 113° | 564 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sheegouna | ESE 109° | 553.5 m | 6.3 mi |
| Sturrakeen | WSW 248° | 541.7 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:35 | 17:58 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 21:02 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:47 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 08:40 | 15:15 | 16:19 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9130023115
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