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Saint Berrihert's Holy Well

Saint Berrihert's Holy Well, seen from above at true elevation

Saint Berrihert's Holy Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Galtymore stands 918 m to the southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Knocknaboohley, a peak 0.9 miles away.

traditionally believed to heal scalds and burns (wikipedia)

How to reach it

Coordinates52.40961, -8.07473

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Knocknaboohley: 0.9 mi
  • Sturrakeen: 1.7 mi
  • Carrigphierish: 1.8 mi
  • Laghtshanaquilla North-East Top: 1.9 mi
  • Laghtshanaquilla: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Springs
  • Head Well: 2.6 mi
  • St. Peakaun's Well: 3.5 mi
  • St. John's Well: 4.8 mi
  • Carroll's Well: 5.2 mi
  • Cromwell's Well: 5.3 mi
Parks: 18
  • The Plots: 5.6 mi
  • Small Plots: 5.6 mi
  • The Hills: 6.2 mi
  • Inch Field: 6.7 mi
  • Galty Castle forest recreation area: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 18
  • It's a long way to Tipperery: 5.7 mi
  • Caher Abbey: 6.5 mi
  • Swiss Cottage: 7.3 mi
  • Mitchelstown Cave: 7.4 mi
  • Ronald Reagan Centre: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Condon's Corner: 9.9 mi
  • Castle Gardens: 13.0 mi
  • Gairdín Gharraí na Leadhb: 15.8 mi
  • Lismore Castle Formal Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Castle Garden: 19.6 mi
Artworks: 9
Museums: 8
Waterfalls: 3
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 16.8 mi
  • Mocollop Picnic Site: 17.8 mi
  • Life Space Park: 20.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 12.5 mi
  • Garden of Renewal: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Saint Berrihert's Holy Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GaltymoreSW 236°917.9 m5.3 mi
LyracappulWSW 242°825.3 m7.3 mi
CarrignabinniaWSW 244°822.9 m6.9 mi
GreenaneSSW 208°801.3 m3.3 mi
GaltybegSW 233°799.2 m4.6 mi
Greenane WestSW 219°787 m3.7 mi
Temple HillWSW 240°783.1 m8.3 mi
SlievecushnabinniaWSW 243°774.8 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:0018:45
June solstice05:1021:0321:59
September equinox07:1918:4819:33
December solstice08:4115:1716:21

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • purple foxglove3 obs
  • Bull Thistle2 obs
  • Common Wood-Pigeon1 obs
  • White Wagtail1 obs
  • common poppy1 obs
  • Common Darter1 obs
  • Common Carder Bumble Bee1 obs
  • European mountain ash1 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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OpenStreetMap element node/3925850881

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