Spring · Ireland
Holy Well
Holy Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Lost Town Heritage Site, a attraction 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.51347, -7.16373
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Jerpoint Park: 0.1 mi
- Páirc na Seamróga: 3.5 mi
- Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 3.9 mi
- Kells Recreational & Natural Play Area: 5.0 mi
- The Quarry: 9.5 mi
Springs
- Pyne's Well: 0.9 mi
- Ballylinch Well: 1.0 mi
- Saint Columbkille's Well: 2.1 mi
- Saint John's Well: 2.3 mi
- Tobernagloghlea: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
- Oliver (Ollie) Walsh: 1.3 mi
- Sweetman's Castle: 1.3 mi
- Brady's Castle: 1.4 mi
- The Yellow Gate: 1.4 mi
- John Patrick Kennedy: 1.5 mi
Artworks
- Cantwell Fada: 3.4 mi
- Ball: 3.9 mi
- Rut: 3.9 mi
- Descending Vessel: 4.0 mi
- St Kevin's Head: 7.8 mi
Peaks
- Saddle Hill: 4.8 mi
- Bishop's Hill: 5.1 mi
- Mount Alto: 5.2 mi
- Coppanagh: 5.4 mi
- Frengh Hill: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 50
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 0.1 mi
- Kilree Round Tower: 4.4 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 4.8 mi
- Aghaviller Round Tower: 5.5 mi
- Kilkenny Airsoft: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 29
- Walled Garden: 1.5 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 1.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.3 mi
- Forge Masters Garden: 4.4 mi
- Gáirdín an Ghorta: 4.9 mi
Museums: 22
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 4.5 mi
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 4.9 mi
- Edmund Rice Heritage Centre: 10.2 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 10.3 mi
- Rothe House & Garden: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 8
- Arthurstown Beach: 20.7 mi
- Raheen Strand: 22.2 mi
- Duncannon: 22.6 mi
- Dromina Strand: 22.7 mi
- Woodstown Strand: 23.3 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Thomastown Quarry: 1.7 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 11.0 mi
- Fiddown Island: 14.5 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 17.0 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Castle View: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 19.1 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 11.9 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 11.9 mi
- Carricjmore Cliff: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Holy Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | ENE 66° | 794.4 m | 17.7 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | E 81° | 732.1 m | 15.2 mi |
| Slievenamon | WSW 251° | 720.2 m | 17.8 mi |
| Moats of Craan | ENE 67° | 656.5 m | 18.7 mi |
| Slievenamon North-West Top | WSW 253° | 564 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sheegouna | WSW 252° | 553.5 m | 17.2 mi |
| Knockroe | ENE 71° | 538.77 m | 16.6 mi |
| Slievebawn | ENE 60° | 524.8 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:56 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 21:00 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- European Robin4 obs
- Eurasian Coot3 obs
- Long-tailed Tit3 obs
- Rook3 obs
- European Goldfinch3 obs
- Eurasian Blackbird3 obs
- Mistle Thrush3 obs
- Song Thrush3 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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