Historic site · Ireland
Holy Year Cross
Holy Year Cross is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is 1798 Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- 1798 Lacken Hill 1950 Erected by the faithful in honour of the Holy Year 1950 and as a tribute to the faith and sacrifices of their ancestors in 1798. Very Rev. M. P. Rossiter, P. P. Cushinstown, blessed this cross on Trinity Sunday 4th June 1950. A dia s
How to reach it
Coordinates52.39999, -6.88422
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Lacken Hill: 0.0 mi
- Camlin Hill: 3.6 mi
- Partridge Hill: 4.7 mi
- Slievecoiltia: 4.7 mi
- Carrickbyrne Hill: 4.8 mi
Artworks
- JFK Podium: 2.7 mi
- Small Things Like These: 2.7 mi
- The Emigrant Flame: 2.7 mi
- Hunter Monk: 9.7 mi
- Shepherd Monk: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 60
- Dunbrody: 2.7 mi
- Dunbrody Famine Ship Visitor Centre: 2.7 mi
- Kennedy Homestead: 5.5 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey: 8.6 mi
- Dunbrody Abbey Visitor Centre: 8.7 mi
Parks: 58
- Library Park: 2.5 mi
- Emigrant Park: 2.7 mi
- Pearse Park: 2.8 mi
- New Ross Harbour Board Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Foulksmills Park: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 54
- 1798 Monument: 0.0 mi
- Old Ross Fort: 2.2 mi
- Irishtown Cross: 2.3 mi
- Mountgarrett Castle: 2.3 mi
- O'Neill: 2.7 mi
Springs
- Tobercarrigeen: 0.4 mi
- Tobernabobaunia: 1.5 mi
- Byrne's Well: 1.7 mi
- Lady Well: 2.1 mi
- Toberkeagh: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 30
- Arthurstown Beach: 11.3 mi
- Duncannon: 12.6 mi
- Raheen Strand: 13.5 mi
- Grange Beach: 13.7 mi
- Booley Bay Beach: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 24
- High Hill Norman Garden: 2.5 mi
- Robert Emmet Memorial Garden: 5.4 mi
- Coolaught Gardens: 8.4 mi
- Kilmokea Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Forge Masters Garden: 9.9 mi
Museums: 19
- John F. Kennedy Arboretum Museum: 5.9 mi
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 9.8 mi
- Irish Museum of Time: 13.5 mi
- Irish Silver Museum: 13.5 mi
- Medieval Museum: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Thomastown Quarry: 14.4 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 15.2 mi
- Fiddown Island: 19.0 mi
- Fenor Bog: 21.7 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Castle View: 13.2 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Carricjmore Cliff: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Holy Year Cross. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | NNE 16° | 794 m | 15.7 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | NNE 18° | 732 m | 10.8 mi |
| Moats of Craan | NNE 20° | 657 m | 16.2 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NNE 24° | 600 m | 16.4 mi |
| Knockroe | NNE 16° | 539 m | 13.8 mi |
| Slievebawn | N 11° | 525 m | 16.8 mi |
| Brandon Hill | NNW 334° | 515 m | 8.5 mi |
| Carrigroe | NNE 15° | 495 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:55 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:58 | 21:54 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:36 | 15:12 | 16:16 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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