Church Well
Church Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Clomantagh Hill stands 349 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Knockardagur, a peak 2.7 miles away.
Access via boggy fields. Wrought-iron gate at the entrance, modern wall surrounds well which looks neglected. Slabstones partly covering the water opening.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Knockardagur: 2.7 mi
- Cooper's Hill: 2.8 mi
- Turra Hill: 4.2 mi
- Jake's Hill: 4.3 mi
- Fossy Hill: 4.6 mi
- Tobernacrow: 2.7 mi
- Shanavoulia Well: 3.3 mi
- St. Longory's Well: 4.0 mi
- Saint Patrick's Well: 4.1 mi
- Kealy's Well: 4.3 mi
- Michael Tobin: 2.9 mi
- Estate Yard: 4.6 mi
- Tom Lyng: 4.7 mi
- 1798: 4.8 mi
- Post Office: 4.8 mi
- Saint Mochua's Desk: 6.1 mi
- The Green Man: 8.7 mi
- Sky Rivers “Homage to Tyndall”: 10.5 mi
- The Liberty Tree: 10.9 mi
- Ave Maria: 10.9 mi
- Castlecomer Discovery Park: 4.3 mi
- Killeshin Waterworks Amenity Park: 7.3 mi
- Wynne Park: 7.5 mi
- Dr. Breen Park: 7.6 mi
- Fair Green: 8.6 mi
- Castlecomer Discovery Park: 4.6 mi
- Heywood Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Timahoe Round Tower: 6.1 mi
- Dunmore Caves: 10.0 mi
- Ballykilcavan Brewing Company: 10.4 mi
- Abbey Sense Garden: 7.4 mi
- Abbeyleix Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- The King's Garden: 8.3 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 8.3 mi
- Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden: 10.6 mi
- Footprints In Coal: 4.6 mi
- Timahoe Heritage Centre: 6.1 mi
- Irish Fly Fishing and Game Shooting Museum: 7.4 mi
- Abbeyleix Heritage Centre: 7.5 mi
- Stradbally Steam Museum: 9.8 mi
- Emo Court picnic area: 16.2 mi
- Moore Abbey Wood: 18.6 mi
- Carrick Woods: 18.7 mi
- Blackhall bridge picnic area: 18.8 mi
- Lacca: 19.4 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 14.7 mi
- Derryounce Lakes & Trails: 21.6 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 23.4 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 5.8 mi
- Clamp Hole Waterfall: 20.4 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 20.4 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Church Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clomantagh Hill | SW 236° | 349 m | 16.4 mi |
| Clogrennan Hill | ESE 119° | 336 m | 8.3 mi |
| Fossy Mountain | N 5° | 332 m | 5.0 mi |
| Fossy Hill | N 359° | 323 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cullenagh Mountain | NNW 330° | 317 m | 6.5 mi |
| Knockmannon Hill | WSW 242° | 315 m | 12.2 mi |
| Ballynalacken Hill | SW 235° | 314 m | 5.6 mi |
| Corballis Hill | ENE 76° | 312 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:56 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 21:02 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:40 | 15:09 | 16:15 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Girdled Snail1 obs
- Meadow Foxtail1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11123956952
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