Spring · Ireland
Nunnery Well
Nunnery Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Taghmon Castle, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.32067, -6.65227
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Taghmon Castle: 0.1 mi
- Lady's Church: 0.2 mi
- Castle: 1.3 mi
- Harperstown House: 1.9 mi
- Castle (In Ruins): 1.9 mi
Springs
- St. Munn's Well: 0.2 mi
- Saint Munna's Well: 1.4 mi
- Lady's Well: 1.9 mi
- Tobershivaun: 2.1 mi
- Saint Garvan's Well: 2.5 mi
Peaks
- Carrickatinna Rock: 3.3 mi
- Raven Rock: 3.4 mi
- Skeater Rock: 3.5 mi
- Drooping Rock: 3.5 mi
- Clorane: 3.5 mi
Artworks
- The Gods of Wet Places: 6.0 mi
- Elephant: 6.4 mi
- Giraffe: 6.4 mi
- Saint David: 8.0 mi
- Fr. James Roche: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 39
- Fulacht Fiadh: 6.0 mi
- Stone Circle: 6.0 mi
- Irish National Heritage Park: 6.0 mi
- Portal Tomb: 6.1 mi
- Johnstown Castle Visitor Centre: 6.6 mi
Parks: 37
- Foulksmills Park: 4.1 mi
- The Irish National Heritage Park: 6.1 mi
- Redmond Memorial Park: 7.8 mi
- Republican Garden of Rememberance: 7.9 mi
- The Rocks: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 32
- Cullenstown Strand: 7.8 mi
- Blackhall Strand: 8.5 mi
- Ballyhealy Beach: 10.8 mi
- Grange Beach: 10.8 mi
- The White Hole Beach: 11.3 mi
Gardens: 21
- Johnstown Castle Walled Gardens: 6.3 mi
- The Old Melon Garden: 6.3 mi
- Italian Sunken Garden: 6.5 mi
- ICA Memorial Garden: 8.0 mi
- Tara Cottage: 9.8 mi
Museums: 14
- Irish Agricultural Museum: 6.6 mi
- Westgate Heritage Centre: 8.0 mi
- John F. Kennedy Arboretum Museum: 11.9 mi
- National 1798 Centre: 12.7 mi
- Enniscorthy Castle: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 23.6 mi
- Castle View: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 22.3 mi
- The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Carricjmore Cliff: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Nunnery Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | NNW 345° | 794.4 m | 21.2 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | NNW 338° | 732.1 m | 17.1 mi |
| Moats of Craan | NNW 348° | 656.5 m | 21.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | N 351° | 599.6 m | 20.8 mi |
| Knockroe | NNW 343° | 538.77 m | 19.7 mi |
| Slievebawn | NNW 343° | 524.8 m | 23.0 mi |
| Brandon Hill | NW 314° | 515 m | 18.8 mi |
| White Mountain | NNW 328° | 509 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:31 | 17:54 | 18:39 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:57 | 21:53 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 08:35 | 15:12 | 16:16 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Eurasian Whimbrel1 obs
- Common Loon1 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle1 obs
- Cinnabar moth1 obs
- purple foxglove1 obs
- European beech1 obs
- Primrose1 obs
- Marsh Woundwort1 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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