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Columbkille's Well

Columbkille's Well, seen from above at true elevation

Columbkille's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Corn Hill stands 331 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady Well, a spring 1.5 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.60170, -7.64901

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Historic sites
  • Abbeyshrule Abbey: 1.6 mi
  • Abbeyshrule Castle: 1.6 mi
  • 39th Lock Keeper's House: 1.8 mi
  • Cloghan Mills (ruins): 2.1 mi
  • Cloghan Mills (ruins): 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Hill of Uisneach: 8.5 mi
  • Knockastia: 11.2 mi
  • Corn Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Knockeyon: 14.5 mi
  • Moate Hill: 14.6 mi
Parks: 24
  • Edgeworthstown Green: 6.7 mi
  • St Joseph's Park: 12.3 mi
  • Jonathan Swift Park: 13.8 mi
  • Town Park: 13.9 mi
  • Belvedere: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 22
Attractions: 14
Gardens: 14
Museums: 13
  • The Rectory: 6.8 mi
  • Mullingar Cathedral Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Dún na Sí Heritage Centre: 14.2 mi
  • Dún na Sí: 14.3 mi
  • Athlone Music Museum: 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Rock of Curry: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Rynn Beach: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Columbkille's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Corn HillN 349°331.4 m14.5 mi
Slieve BawnWNW 295°315.6 m19.1 mi
The Hill of MaelNE 56°294.6 m16.6 mi
Hill of UisneachSSE 155°235.5 m8.5 mi
Ben of ForeENE 72°217 m18.7 mi
KnockeyonE 84°216 m14.5 mi
Seafin HillENE 71°202 m20.6 mi
ToomeNNE 22°161 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3417:5718:43
June solstice05:0121:0622:05
September equinox07:1718:4619:32
December solstice08:4615:0416:13

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Mountain Hare2 obs
  • Mallard1 obs
  • Eurasian Blackbird1 obs
  • Eurasian Red Squirrel1 obs
  • Creeping buttercup1 obs
  • Germander Speedwell1 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle1 obs
  • Small Tortoiseshell1 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/13265721956

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