Spring · Ireland
Holy Cross Well
Holy Cross Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hundred Court, a historic site 0.9 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.48782, -7.04374
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Hundred Court: 0.9 mi
- White Castle: 0.9 mi
- Black Castle: 0.9 mi
- James Freny: 1.0 mi
- Woodstock House: 1.0 mi
Springs
- Sally Well: 0.9 mi
- Saint Columkille’s Well: 1.0 mi
- Saint Kieran's Well: 1.4 mi
- Toberachree: 1.8 mi
- Saint Michael's Well: 1.9 mi
Peaks
- Monasilloge: 2.0 mi
- Mount Alto: 2.1 mi
- Saddle Hill: 2.5 mi
- Brandon Hill: 3.3 mi
- Coppanagh: 3.5 mi
Artworks
- Rut: 4.7 mi
- Descending Vessel: 4.7 mi
- Ball: 4.7 mi
- Shepherd Monk: 4.7 mi
- Farmer Monk: 4.9 mi
Parks
- Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 4.7 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 5.2 mi
- Páirc na Seamróga: 6.9 mi
- Emigrant Park: 7.7 mi
- Library Park: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 54
- Cushendale Woollen Mills: 5.2 mi
- Ballyogan Cross: 5.3 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 5.3 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 7.3 mi
- Dunbrody: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 28
- Forge Masters Garden: 1.0 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 4.7 mi
- Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Walled Garden: 6.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 22
- Arthurstown Beach: 17.4 mi
- Raheen Strand: 19.2 mi
- Duncannon: 19.2 mi
- Dromina Strand: 19.7 mi
- Woodstown Strand: 20.3 mi
Museums: 21
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 1.0 mi
- Goodly Barrow Museum: 10.1 mi
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 10.3 mi
- John F. Kennedy Arboretum Museum: 12.4 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Thomastown Quarry: 5.3 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 14.8 mi
- Fiddown Island: 16.1 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 16.1 mi
- Fenor Bog: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Castle View: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 16.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 17.1 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 17.1 mi
- Carricjmore Cliff: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Holy Cross Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | NE 51° | 794.4 m | 14.3 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | ENE 67° | 732.1 m | 10.9 mi |
| Moats of Craan | NE 53° | 656.5 m | 15.2 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NE 56° | 599.6 m | 16.0 mi |
| Knockroe | NE 56° | 538.77 m | 12.8 mi |
| Slievebawn | NE 43° | 524.8 m | 14.3 mi |
| Brandon Hill | ENE 63° | 515 m | 3.3 mi |
| White Mountain | E 81° | 509 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:56 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:59 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 08:37 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- common yarrow12 obs
- ragwort11 obs
- European black elderberry11 obs
- European beech8 obs
- sycamore maple8 obs
- ribwort plantain7 obs
- common selfheal6 obs
- Herb Robert6 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.
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