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The Pole Sea Memorial

The Pole Sea Memorial from directly overhead

The Pole Sea Memorial is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Two Rock Mountain stands 536 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Percy French Memorial Bench, a attraction 0.1 miles away. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Metal sculpture placed on centre of bandstand.

What the record says

Material
metal

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited

How to reach it

Coordinates53.58564, -6.10527

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites: 59
Parks
  • Floraville: 0.5 mi
  • The Kybe: 0.7 mi
  • Ballast pit: 0.9 mi
  • Barnageeragh Road Field: 1.2 mi
  • Charlie Moore Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
Gardens: 52
Springs: 41
Peaks: 32
  • Man O'War Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Knockbrack: 6.4 mi
  • Hollywood Great: 6.6 mi
  • Knockbane: 7.3 mi
  • Naul Hill: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 21
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • BBQ Area: 2.3 mi
  • Port Oriel: 15.3 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 18.5 mi
  • Toni's: 19.0 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Ben Head: 6.8 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Pole Sea Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Two Rock MountainSSW536 m24.6 mi
Three Rock MountainSSW444 m24.0 mi
KilmashogueSSW408 m24.1 mi
Montpelier HillSSW383 m24.9 mi
Mount OrielNW304 m21.9 mi
Slieve BreaghWNW225 m23.3 mi
Black HillNW209 m20.2 mi
KnockbrackW176 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2817:5118:37
June solstice04:5521:0021:59
September equinox07:1018:4019:26
December solstice08:4014:5816:07

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3044381552

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