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Milltown Holy Well

Milltown Holy Well, seen from above at true elevation

Milltown Holy Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Kilclooney Mountain stands 792 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobar na Cruchnee, a spring 1.9 miles away.

associated with Saint Mogue aka Aidan of Ferns, according to Schools' Collection

How to reach it

Coordinates52.39583, -7.25100

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
  • Carricktriss Gorse: 2.0 mi
  • Carriganog Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Kilmacoliver Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Tory Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Carrigadoon Hill: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Parks: 56
  • Pil River Park: 4.5 mi
  • Páirc na Seamróga: 5.5 mi
  • Castle Park: 7.4 mi
  • The Green: 7.5 mi
  • Jerpoint Park: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 56
Beaches: 32
  • Arthurstown Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Raheen Strand: 17.1 mi
  • Dromina Strand: 17.6 mi
  • Benvoy Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Annestown Beach: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 25
Museums: 19
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 16.0 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 16.0 mi
  • Mahon Valley: 16.9 mi
  • Mahon Valley: 18.0 mi
  • Carricjmore Cliff: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Castle View: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Milltown Holy Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kilclooney MountainSW 229°792 m15.9 mi
CarrignagowerSW 234°767 m15.5 mi
KnockanaffrinWSW 242°755 m15.8 mi
CurraghduffSW 232°750.1 m16.2 mi
CoumfeaSW 231°741.9 m17.3 mi
Coumfea North TopSW 233°728.3 m16.8 mi
KnockaunapeebraSW 229°724.4 m16.5 mi
SlievenamonW 280°720.2 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5718:42
June solstice05:0721:0021:56
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:3815:1416:18

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • common hawthorn1 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/5163419079

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