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The Southern Cross Monument, near Portraine

The Southern Cross Monument is a monument in County Dublin, 6.9 km south of Portraine.

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This sculpture celebrates Portmarnock's unique role in world aviation history. This beach, known as the Velvet Strand, was used as a runway for the first successful East-West Transatlantic solo flight, on 24th June 1930.

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From Portraine
6.9 km south, in a straight line

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The Southern Cross Monument is in Portraine, County Dublin. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.

It is 6.9 km south of the centre of Portraine in a straight line. The map records no stop within walking distance.
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The nearest scheduled stop is The Velvet Strand (3604), 40 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.

  • The Velvet Strand 40 m
    buses 102, 42D and 32X
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Heather Walk 200 m
    buses 42, H2, 42n, 142, 102T and 102P among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • White Sands Hotel 240 m
    buses 102, H2, 102P, 102A, 102C and 102T among others
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Dewberry Park 290 m
    bus H2
    Scheduled departures from this stop
  • Burrow Court 330 m
    buses 102, 32X and 42D
    Scheduled departures from this stop

Getting to Portraine covers the journeys into the town itself.

Other monuments in Portraine

Nearest to The Southern Cross Monument first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from The Southern Cross Monument, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.

All 28 monuments in Portraine

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Where is The Southern Cross Monument?
Near Portraine, County Dublin, 6.9 km south of the centre.
What are the opening hours of The Southern Cross Monument?
Opening hours are not available on this page yet. Check with the business before travelling.
How far is The Southern Cross Monument from the centre of Portraine?
6.9 km south of the centre, measured in a straight line. The map above can work out the walk along the footpaths from wherever you are.
Are there other monuments near The Southern Cross Monument?
28 in Portraine altogether. The nearest are Anchor, Kinsealy Court and George IV's footsteps.
How do you get to The Southern Cross Monument without a car?
The nearest stop in the national timetable is The Velvet Strand, 40 m away in a straight line, and buses 102, 42D and 32X call there, run by Go-Ahead Ireland and Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus. The planner on this page works out the walk from that stop over real footways and the whole journey from wherever you are starting, for the day and time you choose.

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The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/937232531, and can be corrected there.
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Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.

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