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Saint Derivla's Well

Saint Derivla's Well, seen from above at true elevation

Saint Derivla's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Slieve Carr stands 721 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tobernagall, a spring 0.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 4.2 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.11537, -10.21402

114 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
Historic sites: 22
  • Inishkea South School: 0.5 mi
  • Rusheen Island Whaling Station: 0.6 mi
  • Glash Signal Tower: 3.5 mi
  • Termon Hill Signal Station: 4.8 mi
  • Winkle pond: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Termon Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Trá Mullach Rua: 5.9 mi
  • Trá Oilí: 6.0 mi
  • Trá na Croise: 7.8 mi
  • Trá Bhéal Doire: 9.0 mi
Artworks: 8
Springs: 6
Attractions: 4
  • Heinrich-Böll-Cottage: 10.8 mi
  • Dún na mBó Blowhole: 11.7 mi
  • Dún na mBó Sculputure: 11.7 mi
  • Bunacurry Franciscan Monastery: 13.8 mi
Parks: 1
  • Blacksod Bay Emigration Memorial Garden: 6.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • Achill Folklife Centre: 10.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saint Derivla's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve CarrE 98°721 m22.8 mi
CorranabinniaESE 115°716 m24.3 mi
CroaghaunS 176°688 m9.1 mi
Corranabinnia SW TopESE 116°687 m24.1 mi
SlievemoreSE 139°671 m9.6 mi
Croaghaun SW TopS 178°664 m9.2 mi
GlennamongESE 111°628 m24.1 mi
Nephin BegESE 104°627 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:0718:54
June solstice05:0821:1922:18
September equinox07:2718:5519:42
December solstice08:5915:1016:20

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Thin Leaf Brookweed2 obs
  • Northern Gannet1 obs
  • Grey Seal1 obs
  • European Rabbit1 obs
  • Common Mare's Tail1 obs
  • Sea Campion1 obs
  • field gentian1 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/6842022746

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