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St Patrick's Statue

St Patrick's Statue is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mearing Well, a spring 1.3 miles away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 24 miles off.

The story

memorial in Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland

Wikidata Q126704605, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
CONTANS IN DEI TIMORE ET FIDE IMMOBILIS SVPER QVEM EDIFICATUR UT PETRVS ECCLESIA. LEO ORDINATUS EST XLIII ROMANE ECLESIE EPISCOPVS ET PROBATVS EST IN FIDE CATOLICA PATRICIVS EPISCOPVS.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.34545, -5.65130

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Quoile Steamboat Quay: 1.8 mi
  • Delamont Country Park: 2.5 mi
  • Roughal Park Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
  • The Grove Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
  • Tobar Mhuire Retreat & Conference Centre: 5.4 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
  • Carney Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Wallace Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Stump Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Edenarrif Mountain: 9.3 mi
  • Dunmore Mountain: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 53
  • Victorian Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Kilclief Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Shrigley Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 46
  • Spinkanee: 12.5 mi
  • Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 13.8 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 15.5 mi
  • The Castles: 16.2 mi
  • Annalong Buttress: 16.5 mi
Museums: 26
Nature reserves: 19
Springs: 10
Beaches: 9
  • Kilclief Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Mill Quarter Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Gilpin Harbour: 5.6 mi
  • Rossglass Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Tyrella Beach: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Black Stairs: 14.8 mi
  • Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 18.1 mi
  • Stepping Stones: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of St Patrick's Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve DonardSW 224°849 m15.8 mi
Slieve CommedaghSW 227°767 m15.9 mi
Chimney Rock MtnSW 220°656 m16.5 mi
Cove MtnSW 226°654.8 m16.9 mi
Slieve CorraghSW 228°641.9 m16.3 mi
Slieve BegSW 226°595.9 m16.5 mi
SlievenagloghSW 231°584.4 m16.5 mi
Slievenaglogh East TopSW 230°571 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2617:4818:35
June solstice04:4821:0222:02
September equinox07:0818:3719:24
December solstice08:4214:4916:00

Local time (Europe/London).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1468535353

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