Spring · Ireland
Lacken Well
Lacken Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Slievenamon stands 720 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kells Priory Mill Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.54381, -7.27755
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Famous Horses of Kells: 0.3 mi
- Water Tower: 0.6 mi
- Prior's Tower: 0.6 mi
- Newtown (Erly) Towerhouse: 1.6 mi
- Site of tennis club: 2.1 mi
Parks
- Kells Recreational & Natural Play Area: 0.5 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 5.3 mi
- Páirc na Seamróga: 6.0 mi
- The Quarry: 7.1 mi
- Talbots Tower Archaeological Park: 7.3 mi
Springs
- Saint Brigid's Well: 1.1 mi
- Toberakin: 1.6 mi
- Toberbride: 1.6 mi
- Ballyda Holy Well: 1.8 mi
- Lady's Well: 2.0 mi
Artworks
- James Hoban Memorial: 4.0 mi
- St Kevin's Head: 4.5 mi
- Holy Trinity Stone: 4.8 mi
- Cantwell Fada: 6.7 mi
- Trinity Stone: 7.3 mi
Peaks
- Carricknagappul: 7.5 mi
- Chapel Rock: 7.7 mi
- Carricktriss Gorse: 9.1 mi
- Knockanbawn: 9.2 mi
- Bishop's Hill: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 48
- Kilree Round Tower: 1.8 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 5.3 mi
- Aghaviller Round Tower: 5.4 mi
- Kilkenny Airsoft: 5.6 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 26
- Shrubberies: 3.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.8 mi
- Gáirdín an Ghorta: 4.9 mi
- Walled Garden: 5.8 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 6.1 mi
Museums: 25
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 0.3 mi
- Edmund Rice Heritage Centre: 5.1 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 7.5 mi
- Rothe House & Garden: 7.7 mi
- Stephens Barracks Museum: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Thomastown Quarry: 5.6 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 8.4 mi
- Fiddown Island: 15.1 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 17.9 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 17.3 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 21.9 mi
- Mahon Falls: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Castle View: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 6.8 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 6.8 mi
- Mahon Valley: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
- Arthurstown Beach: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Lacken Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slievenamon | WSW 236° | 720.2 m | 14.4 mi |
| Slievenamon North-West Top | WSW 239° | 564 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sheegouna | WSW 237° | 553.5 m | 13.8 mi |
| Brandon Hill | E 100° | 515 m | 13.0 mi |
| White Mountain | E 98° | 509 m | 18.4 mi |
| Knockahunna | WSW 240° | 502.8 m | 13.5 mi |
| Carrigroe | E 95° | 495 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bran Poceagh | E 98° | 489 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:57 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 21:01 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Ivy-leaved toadflax6 obs
- bittersweet nightshade3 obs
- Greater celandine3 obs
- maidenhair spleenwort3 obs
- Common Kingfisher2 obs
- European Robin2 obs
- Wild Boar1 obs
- European Wood Mouse1 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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