Historic site · Ireland
Dome-Shaped Temple
Dome-Shaped Temple is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Irish National War Memorial Gardens, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Inscription
- We have found safety with all things undying, The winds, and morning, tears of men and mirth, The deep night, and birds singing, and clouds flying, And sleep, and freedom, and the autumnal earth. Rupert Brooke -Safety
How to reach it
Coordinates53.34541, -6.31726
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Irish National War Memorial Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Jim Mitchell Park: 0.8 mi
- Markievicz Park: 1.0 mi
- Brickfield Park: 1.0 mi
- James's Walk: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
- Stone of Remembrance: 0.1 mi
- Great Cross of Sacrifice: 0.1 mi
- Magazine Fort: 0.2 mi
- Irish Citizen Army: 0.4 mi
- Executions of the leaders of the 1916 rising: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- Great Irish Elk: 0.2 mi
- There is no place like home: 0.3 mi
- Black Pearl: 0.4 mi
- Good Luck: 0.4 mi
- Roam Free: 0.4 mi
Attractions
- Kilmainham Gaol: 0.4 mi
- Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 0.6 mi
- Asian lion: 0.7 mi
- The Formal Garden at The Royal Hospital Kilmainham: 0.7 mi
- Sulawesi crested macaque: 0.7 mi
Gardens
- Formal Gardens: 0.7 mi
- People's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Flanagan's Fields Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.5 mi
- Visual Culture Garden: 1.6 mi
Springs
- Rag Well: 2.9 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 2.9 mi
- Saint John's Well: 3.3 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 3.8 mi
- Saint Broc's Well: 4.0 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 6.4 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 6.5 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 6.5 mi
- Kilmashogue: 6.8 mi
- Spinkeen: 7.4 mi
Museums: 56
- Kilmainham Jail Museum: 0.4 mi
- Richmond Barracks: 0.5 mi
- Collins Barracks: 1.2 mi
- Asgard: 1.2 mi
- The Riding School: 1.3 mi
Beaches: 29
- Sandymount Strand: 4.4 mi
- Sandymount Strand: 4.6 mi
- Merrion Strand: 5.1 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 7.2 mi
- Seapoint: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- The Grove: 3.3 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 5.4 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 5.5 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.5 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Hawk Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Lover's Leap: 13.0 mi
- The Shaft: 15.0 mi
- Streaky Slab: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Toni's: 0.4 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Poplar Square: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 8.0 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 14.5 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 19.4 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Dome-Shaped Temple. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | S 183° | 757 m | 11.6 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 193° | 722.9 m | 10.8 mi |
| War Hill | S 170° | 684.8 m | 14.4 mi |
| Carrigvore | S 181° | 682.36 m | 14.9 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 197° | 647.3 m | 9.3 mi |
| Tonduff | S 171° | 642 m | 12.9 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 196° | 620.6 m | 11.5 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 193° | 617.1 m | 9.3 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 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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