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An Chuile holy well

An Chuile holy well, seen from above at true elevation

An Chuile holy well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Knockmealdown stands 792 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pope's Well, a spring 1.5 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.10847, -8.20332

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Corrin Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Knocknalough: 6.6 mi
  • Devonshire's Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Knockaroura: 6.9 mi
  • Salt Hill: 7.8 mi
Parks
  • Fermoy Townpark: 3.9 mi
  • Lismore Townpark: 11.6 mi
  • Canal View Park: 12.0 mi
  • INDIEPENDENCE Music & Artis Festival: 12.0 mi
  • Fair Green: 13.3 mi
Artworks: 59
Attractions: 37
Gardens: 23
  • Kilshannig Stud: 4.5 mi
  • Ballyglissane House: 5.3 mi
  • Sandyhill Kitchen Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Glenville Park Walled Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Castle Gardens: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Ballybrassil Beach: 17.3 mi
  • Glenmore Strand: 17.4 mi
  • Cuskinny: 17.4 mi
  • Shell Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Caliso Bay: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Life Space Park: 1.6 mi
  • Mocollop Picnic Site: 5.5 mi
  • Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 18.1 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Nature Reserve Killeens End: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 4
  • Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 16.8 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 17.3 mi
  • Clogheenmilcon Sanctuary: 19.1 mi
  • Loughbeg Bird Reserve: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of An Chuile holy well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KnockmealdownNE 56°792.4 m14.7 mi
Temple HillN 354°783.1 m16.7 mi
KnockmoylanNE 54°767.1 m15.0 mi
KnockaterriffN 357°691.6 m16.5 mi
KnocknafalliaENE 62°666.5 m16.4 mi
Sugarloaf HillNE 49°662.7 m14.6 mi
KnocknagnauvENE 59°655.1 m15.9 mi
KnockshanahullionNE 42°653.3 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:0118:45
June solstice05:1321:0321:58
September equinox07:1918:4919:34
December solstice08:4015:2016:23

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • European Robin2 obs
  • Rook1 obs
  • Yellowhammer1 obs
  • European Goldfinch1 obs
  • House Sparrow1 obs
  • Red Fox1 obs
  • Hooded Crow1 obs
  • Eurasian Jackdaw1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/10633687070

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