Tobar Bearcháin
Tobar Bearcháin is an attraction, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Castlehaven Castle, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.3 miles off.
Traditionally associated with cures for aliments of the eyes and visited by seafarers who invoked protection from Saint Beacháin.
The story
holy well in Castlehaven, County Cork, Ireland
Wikidata Q139497919, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bealach (pass) · 2 mi
- Carraigín Na Súl · 2 mi
- Lookout over Millcove · 7 mi
- Galley Head View · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Castlehaven Castle: 0.1 mi
- The Irish RM Plaque: 0.8 mi
- Battle of Castlehaven: 0.8 mi
- Bayard Warren Plaque: 1.1 mi
- Castle Townshend: 1.1 mi
- Tráig Eilín: 0.2 mi
- Tráigín na Mná Jones: 0.3 mi
- Tráigh Carta: 0.4 mi
- Trá na Marbh: 0.5 mi
- Cuas na gCaorach: 0.6 mi
- Péicín Cnoc Droim Fionn: 0.5 mi
- Cnoc a' Tuair: 0.8 mi
- Carraig a' Shleáin: 0.8 mi
- Carraig a Néalladóra: 1.0 mi
- Carraig Throunce: 1.1 mi
- Placenames & Their Amazing Stories: 0.2 mi
- Drishane House: 0.7 mi
- West Cork Quad Adventures: 1.2 mi
- Tobar Pártaláin: 2.6 mi
- Leaba Dhiarmuida agus Ghráinne: 2.8 mi
- Tobar an Ime: 1.2 mi
- The Spring: 1.6 mi
- Tober an Iarainn: 2.0 mi
- Tobar a' Ghrafín: 2.8 mi
- Tobar na gCaolán: 3.0 mi
- Faill Dic: 0.3 mi
- Faill Árd: 0.8 mi
- Faill Fraoigh: 0.8 mi
- Faill a' Cholúir: 1.2 mi
- Long Point: 1.5 mi
- The Rock: 3.8 mi
- Coolngrane Park: 4.1 mi
- Rossa Park: 4.3 mi
- Gearagh Park: 13.3 mi
- Emmet Place: 14.7 mi
- Hollybrook house Japanese Garden: 5.2 mi
- Inishbeg Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Clonakilty Garden of Remembrance: 15.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 16.2 mi
- Glenview Gardens: 19.3 mi
- Heritage Centre: 4.2 mi
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 9.5 mi
- Cottage Museum: 10.5 mi
- Cape Clear Museum: 13.8 mi
- Michael Collins House Museum: 14.7 mi
- Canon James Goodman: 4.0 mi
- Captain O'Neill Statue: 14.3 mi
- Sam Maguire: 14.5 mi
- Molly the Púca: 14.7 mi
- Henry Ford Model T: 17.8 mi
- The Warren Dunes: 8.2 mi
- Long Strand Dunes: 10.1 mi
- Irish National Forestry Foundation: 16.8 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 23.0 mi
- Fall Down: 2.2 mi
- The Bridge: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Tobar Bearcháin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shehy More | N 355° | 545.6 m | 18.7 mi |
| Nowen Hill | N 351° | 535.2 m | 14.4 mi |
| Nowen Hill SW Top | NNW 347° | 509 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mullach Méise | NNW 338° | 494.3 m | 14.2 mi |
| Douce Mountain | N 350° | 476 m | 19.8 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills E Top | NNW 347° | 470 m | 15.9 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills W Top | NNW 344° | 452 m | 15.9 mi |
| Shehy More SW Top | N 352° | 446 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:05 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 21:04 | 21:59 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:54 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 15:29 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9016613830
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