Spring · Ireland
Saint Brigid's Well
Saint Brigid's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Slievenamon stands 720 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Newtown (Erly) Towerhouse, a historic site 0.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates52.54267, -7.30388
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Newtown (Erly) Towerhouse: 0.5 mi
- Famous Horses of Kells: 1.3 mi
- Water Tower: 1.6 mi
- Prior's Tower: 1.6 mi
- Burnchurch Castle: 2.3 mi
Springs
- Toberakin: 0.8 mi
- Lacken Well: 1.1 mi
- Tobernagibboge: 1.3 mi
- Toberbride: 2.1 mi
- Tobar San Séain: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Kells Recreational & Natural Play Area: 1.3 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 6.3 mi
- Páirc na Seamróga: 6.6 mi
- The Quarry: 7.5 mi
- Talbots Tower Archaeological Park: 7.6 mi
Artworks
- James Hoban Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Holy Trinity Stone: 3.7 mi
- St Kevin's Head: 4.8 mi
- Our Lady of Peace: 7.3 mi
- Trinity Stone: 7.6 mi
Peaks
- Carricknagappul: 6.7 mi
- Chapel Rock: 6.9 mi
- Carricktriss Gorse: 9.1 mi
- Foyleatalure: 9.5 mi
- Carriganog Hill: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 52
- Kilree Round Tower: 2.2 mi
- Aghaviller Round Tower: 5.5 mi
- Ballykeefe Amphitheatre: 6.1 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 6.3 mi
- Kilkenny Airsoft: 6.3 mi
Museums: 25
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 1.4 mi
- Edmund Rice Heritage Centre: 4.0 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 7.8 mi
- Rothe House & Garden: 8.0 mi
- Stephens Barracks Museum: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 25
- Shrubberies: 2.9 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.9 mi
- Gáirdín an Ghorta: 5.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 6.8 mi
- Orchard: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
- Thomastown Quarry: 6.7 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 8.7 mi
- Fiddown Island: 14.9 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 17.1 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 6.1 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 6.1 mi
- Mahon Valley: 23.7 mi
- Mahon Valley: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 17.6 mi
- The Prison Waterfall: 21.1 mi
- Mahon Falls: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Castle View: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Saint Brigid's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slievenamon | SW 234° | 720.2 m | 13.4 mi |
| Slievenamon North-West Top | WSW 237° | 564 m | 13.7 mi |
| Sheegouna | SW 235° | 553.5 m | 12.8 mi |
| Brandon Hill | E 99° | 515 m | 14.0 mi |
| White Mountain | E 97° | 509 m | 19.5 mi |
| Knockahunna | WSW 238° | 502.8 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bran Poceagh | E 98° | 489 m | 19.4 mi |
| Ballycronigan Rock | E 99° | 443 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 17:57 | 18:42 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 21:01 | 21:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:13 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Ivy-leaved toadflax6 obs
- bittersweet nightshade3 obs
- Greater celandine3 obs
- maidenhair spleenwort3 obs
- European Robin2 obs
- Common Kingfisher1 obs
- European Wood Mouse1 obs
- dame's rocket1 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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