Saint Columbkille's Well
Saint Columbkille's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbkille Church (in ruins), a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Columbkille Church (in ruins): 0.0 mi
- The Yellow Gate: 0.7 mi
- John Patrick Kennedy: 0.7 mi
- Grennan Castle: 0.7 mi
- Brady's Castle: 0.7 mi
- Pyne's Well: 1.1 mi
- Tobernagloghlea: 1.9 mi
- Holy Well: 2.1 mi
- Ballylinch Well: 2.2 mi
- Saint Michael's Well: 2.7 mi
- Cantwell Fada: 1.6 mi
- Ball: 1.8 mi
- Rut: 1.9 mi
- Descending Vessel: 1.9 mi
- Farmer Monk: 6.7 mi
- Kilfane Glen & Waterfall: 1.8 mi
- Jerpoint Park: 2.1 mi
- Páirc na Seamróga: 5.4 mi
- Kells Recreational & Natural Play Area: 6.4 mi
- Goresbridge Community Park: 8.7 mi
- Saddle Hill: 3.1 mi
- Bishop's Hill: 3.1 mi
- Coppanagh: 3.5 mi
- Frengh Hill: 4.4 mi
- Croghan: 4.6 mi
- The Lost Town Heritage Site: 2.0 mi
- Tullaherin Round Tower: 3.3 mi
- Kilree Round Tower: 6.2 mi
- Kilkenny Airsoft: 6.8 mi
- Cushendale Woollen Mills: 7.0 mi
- Upper Paddock Diversity Garden: 0.5 mi
- Walled Garden: 2.8 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.3 mi
- Forge Masters Garden: 3.7 mi
- Gáirdín an Ghorta: 7.0 mi
- Woodstock Heritage Museum: 3.8 mi
- Kells Priory Mill Museum: 6.3 mi
- Goodly Barrow Museum: 8.9 mi
- Medieval Mile Museum: 9.9 mi
- Rothe House & Garden: 10.1 mi
- Arthurstown Beach: 21.2 mi
- Raheen Strand: 22.8 mi
- Duncannon: 23.0 mi
- Dromina Strand: 23.3 mi
- Woodstown Strand: 23.9 mi
- Thomastown Quarry: 0.9 mi
- Newpark Marsh Park: 10.5 mi
- Fiddown Island: 16.3 mi
- Native Woodland Trust:Grace Dieu Reserve: 18.3 mi
- Garden of Renewal: 22.5 mi
- Castle View: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 17.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 12.8 mi
- Ballykeefe Quarry: 12.8 mi
- Carricjmore Cliff: 24.4 mi
- Poulanassy Waterfall: 12.0 mi
- Rock of Foyle: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Saint Columbkille's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Leinster | ENE 67° | 794.4 m | 15.6 mi |
| Blackstairs Mountain | E 85° | 732.1 m | 13.4 mi |
| Moats of Craan | ENE 68° | 656.5 m | 16.7 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | ENE 70° | 599.6 m | 17.7 mi |
| Knockroe | ENE 73° | 538.77 m | 14.6 mi |
| Slievebawn | ENE 60° | 524.8 m | 15.1 mi |
| Brandon Hill | ESE 103° | 515 m | 6.5 mi |
| White Mountain | E 98° | 509 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 17:56 | 18:41 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 21:00 | 21:56 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 08:38 | 15:12 | 16:17 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Lacy phacelia3 obs
- European beech2 obs
- white stonecrop2 obs
- Eurasian Coot1 obs
- Common Wood-Pigeon1 obs
- Dunlin1 obs
- Eurasian Curlew1 obs
- Common Sandpiper1 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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