Historic site · Ireland
Site of Saint Patrick's well
Site of Saint Patrick's well is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sentinel, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
- Inscription
- Near here is the reputed site of the well where St Patrick baptised many of the local hinabitants in the fifth century A.D.
How to reach it
Coordinates53.33999, -6.27198
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Sentinel: 0.0 mi
- Benjamin Lee Guinness: 0.0 mi
- Stained Glass Flowers: 0.0 mi
- The Castle: 0.1 mi
- Dracula by Bram Stoker: 0.2 mi
Attractions
- Saint Patrick's Cathedral: 0.0 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 0.0 mi
- Marsh's Library: 0.1 mi
- Christ Church Cathedral: 0.2 mi
- Teeling Whiskey Company: 0.3 mi
Peaks
- Telshaun Hill: 5.6 mi
- Kilmashogue: 6.2 mi
- Montpelier Hill: 6.6 mi
- Three Rock Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Slieve Gorra: 6.8 mi
Parks
- Saint Patrick's Park: 0.0 mi
- Peace Park: 0.2 mi
- The Cabbage Garden: 0.2 mi
- Dubh Linn Garden: 0.3 mi
- Saint Audoen's Park: 0.3 mi
Museums: 55
- Dublinia: 0.2 mi
- Chester Beatty Library: 0.2 mi
- Revenue Museum: 0.3 mi
- Garda Museum: 0.3 mi
- Civic Museum: 0.4 mi
Gardens: 52
- Visual Culture Garden: 0.3 mi
- Provost's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Chemistry Garden: 0.8 mi
- Physiology Square: 0.8 mi
- Flanagan's Fields Community Garden: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 48
- Liberty Bell: 0.1 mi
- Havel's Place: 0.1 mi
- Litterary parade: 0.1 mi
- John Field: 0.1 mi
- 'French Peters' Church: 0.2 mi
Springs
- Saint Broc's Well: 2.1 mi
- St Catherine's Well: 2.1 mi
- Saint John's Well: 2.3 mi
- Rag Well: 4.8 mi
- Saint Brigid's Well: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 27
- Sandymount Strand: 2.5 mi
- Merrion Strand: 3.2 mi
- Dollymount Strand: 5.4 mi
- Seapoint: 5.5 mi
- Sandycove Beach: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves: 19
- The Grove: 1.4 mi
- Booterstown Nature Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Booterstown Marsh: 3.7 mi
- Wildflower Meadow: 4.7 mi
- Fitzsimon's Wood: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Hawk Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Lover's Leap: 11.8 mi
- The Shaft: 13.5 mi
- Streaky Slab: 13.6 mi
- Telegraph Slab: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Leixlip Spa Waterfall: 9.9 mi
- Powerscourt Waterfall: 13.6 mi
- Glenmacnass Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Poulaphuca Waterfall: 20.1 mi
- Devil's Glen Waterfall: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Toni's: 1.7 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 8.7 mi
- Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 13.2 mi
- BBQ Area: 17.4 mi
- Poplar Square: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Site of Saint Patrick's well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kippure | SSW 193° | 757 m | 11.5 mi |
| Djouce | S 175° | 726 m | 14.5 mi |
| Seefingan | SSW 203° | 723 m | 11.0 mi |
| War Hill | S 177° | 685 m | 13.8 mi |
| Seahan | SSW 208° | 647 m | 9.6 mi |
| Tonduff | S 179° | 642 m | 12.3 mi |
| Seefin | SSW 205° | 621 m | 11.8 mi |
| Corrig Mountain | SSW 205° | 617 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:52 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 21:00 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:01 | 16:09 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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