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Saint Declan's Holy Well

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

Saint Declan's Holy Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Knockmealdown stands 792 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Carronadavderg, a peak 1.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.04121, -7.77458

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Carronadavderg: 1.2 mi
  • Dromona Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Black Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Gallows Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Tallow Hill: 10.3 mi
Historic sites
Springs: 38
Attractions: 25
Parks: 25
  • Millenium Park: 6.6 mi
  • Green Park: 7.1 mi
  • Dungarvan Linear Park: 7.2 mi
  • Dungarvan Park: 7.4 mi
  • Reflection Garden: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Whiting Bay: 6.3 mi
  • Goat Island beach: 6.6 mi
  • Caliso Bay: 7.0 mi
  • Glenawilling Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Stradbally Cove: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 9
  • The College Garden: 6.9 mi
  • north walled garden: 9.1 mi
  • Castle Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Lismore Castle Formal Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Sandyhill Kitchen Garden: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Mocollop Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
  • Life Space Park: 18.4 mi
  • Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 22.0 mi
  • Rostellen Woods picnic area: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Kildanogue wildfowl sanctuary and nature reserve: 16.3 mi
  • Garden of Renewal: 23.6 mi
  • Cuskinny Marsh Bird Sanctuary: 24.4 mi
  • Fenor Bog: 24.8 mi
Museums: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Mahon Falls: 16.4 mi
  • The Prison Waterfall: 20.1 mi
  • Ballard Waterfall: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Mahon Valley: 15.4 mi
  • Mahon Valley: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Saint Declan's Holy Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KnockmealdownNNW 335°792.4 m14.2 mi
Kilclooney MountainNE 35°792 m17.4 mi
KnockmoylanNNW 336°767.1 m14.7 mi
CarrignagowerNNE 32°767 m18.1 mi
CurraghduffNNE 33°750.1 m17.3 mi
CoumfeaNNE 32°741.9 m16.2 mi
Coumfea North TopNNE 32°728.3 m16.7 mi
SeefinNNE 32°725.592 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3517:5918:44
June solstice05:1121:0121:56
September equinox07:1718:4819:32
December solstice08:3815:1916:22

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Eurasian Blackbird1 obs
  • Eurasian Otter1 obs
  • Eurasian Red Squirrel1 obs
  • Lawn daisy1 obs
  • Primrose1 obs
  • greater bird's-foot-trefoil1 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/8569361039

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