Struell Wells
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Struell Wells is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Slieve Donard stands 849 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Patrick's Wells, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away. Causeway Coastal Route passes 25 miles off.
The story
Struell Wells (Irish: Toibreacha an tSruthail; Ulster-Scots: Struell Waals) are a set of four holy wells in the townland of Struell, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland (grid ref: J513442). The wells date from before the time of Saint Patrick, and even today are used for people seeking cures. On Mid-Summer Eve (Saint John's Eve) and the Friday before Lammas, hundreds of pilgrims used to visit Struell. The earliest written reference to the wells is in 1306 when a chapel was recorded on the site, but none of the surviving buildings is earlier than about 1600. Pilgrimages to the site are well documented from the 16th century to the 19th century. The site is managed by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
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Wikidata Q2357218, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 25.2 mi off the Causeway Coastal Route
Named places within 25 miles
- Girl from Mars: 1.6 mi
- Strangford Stone: 3.8 mi
- Hans Sloane: 5.3 mi
- On the Way to the Fair: 6.8 mi
- Tonn Ruray Sculptural Horn: 7.9 mi
- The Grove Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Roughal Park Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- Quoile Steamboat Quay: 2.3 mi
- Delamont Country Park: 3.8 mi
- Killough Green Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- St. Patrick's Grave: 1.8 mi
- St Patrick's Statue: 1.8 mi
- Grave of Magnus Barefoot: 2.2 mi
- Steamboat Quay: 2.3 mi
- Castle Bright: 3.7 mi
- Wallace Hill: 4.4 mi
- Carney Hill: 4.4 mi
- Stump Hill: 7.3 mi
- Edenarrif Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Dunmore Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Victorian Garden: 0.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 4.9 mi
- Nutgrove Garden: 5.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.2 mi
- Kilclief Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Spinkanee: 11.1 mi
- Nerwcastle Beach Bouldering: 12.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 13.7 mi
- The Castles: 14.4 mi
- Annalong Buttress: 14.7 mi
- St Patrick's Chair: 0.0 mi
- The King in the North: 2.3 mi
- Hoster Tully's Funeral Jetty: 2.3 mi
- Castle Ward House: 4.9 mi
- Winterfell Castle Courtyard: 5.2 mi
- St. Patricks Visitor Centre: 1.7 mi
- Down County Museum: 1.8 mi
- Carriage Gallery: 1.9 mi
- Ards Arts Centre: 18.6 mi
- War Years Remembered: 19.1 mi
- Inch Abbey Station Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Cuan Beach: 5.0 mi
- Ballyhornan Picnic Site: 5.2 mi
- Strangford Holiday Park Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Kilclief Recreation/Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Quoile Pondage Basin nature reserve: 2.5 mi
- Hollymount Forest nature reserve: 3.0 mi
- Cloughy Rocks nature reserve: 5.7 mi
- Killard National Nature Reserve: 5.8 mi
- Ballyquintin Point Nature Reserve: 7.1 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 0.0 mi
- St. Patrick's Wells: 0.0 mi
- Toberasool: 1.0 mi
- Mearing Well: 1.4 mi
- St. Anne's Well: 5.2 mi
- Rossglass Beach: 5.1 mi
- Kilclief Beach: 5.5 mi
- Mill Quarter Beach: 5.5 mi
- Tyrella Beach: 5.5 mi
- Gilpin Harbour: 5.7 mi
- Black Stairs: 13.0 mi
- Lisnabreeney Waterfall: 18.8 mi
- Stepping Stones: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Struell Wells. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slieve Donard | SW 225° | 849 m | 14.0 mi |
| Slieve Commedagh | SW 229° | 767 m | 14.1 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh | SW 233° | 739 m | 15.9 mi |
| Slieve Bearnagh North Tor | SW 233° | 680 m | 15.6 mi |
| Chimney Rock Mtn | SW 220° | 656 m | 14.7 mi |
| Cove Mtn | SW 227° | 654.8 m | 15.2 mi |
| Slieve Corragh | SW 230° | 641.9 m | 14.5 mi |
| Slieve Beg | SW 228° | 595.9 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 17:49 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 21:02 | 22:02 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:37 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:42 | 14:49 | 16:01 |
Local time (Europe/London).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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