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Saint Kieran's Well

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

Saint Kieran's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Arderin stands 527 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Clonmacnoise Castle, a historic site 0.4 miles away. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.32086, -7.99409

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Clonmacnoise Castle: 0.4 mi
  • The Nuns' Church: 0.8 mi
  • Clonfert House: 6.0 mi
  • Clonony Castle: 6.6 mi
  • Ballyshiel House: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 51
  • Split Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Endrim Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Cloghan Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Redmond Hill: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Tired Pilgrim: 0.4 mi
  • Bust of Count John McCormack: 7.4 mi
  • River Shannon: 7.5 mi
  • Count John McCormack: 7.5 mi
  • Hope: 9.1 mi
Parks: 22
  • Ballinahown Playground and Park: 6.3 mi
  • Burgess Park: 7.2 mi
  • Ferbane Bog Boardwalk: 7.4 mi
  • Noggus Bog: 9.1 mi
  • Turraun Wetlands: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 18
Museums: 13
  • Clonmacnoise: 0.5 mi
  • Athlone Music Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Lemanaghan National School: 10.5 mi
  • Dún na Sí: 11.9 mi
  • Dún na Sí Heritage Centre: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 2
  • Angling Visitor Conference Center: 20.5 mi
  • Harbour Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ArderinSE 144°527 m23.9 mi
Stillbrook HillSE 139°514 m22.5 mi
Wolftrap MountainSE 132°487 m22.7 mi
BarcamSE 143°484 m23.2 mi
Carroll's HillSE 142°482 m22.1 mi
FarbreagueSSE 149°430 m23.8 mi
CastleconorSE 135°407 m24.6 mi
GarraunbaunSSE 151°406 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:45
June solstice05:0521:0722:04
September equinox07:1818:4719:33
December solstice08:4615:0816:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Fairy Foxglove41 obs
  • Eurasian Jackdaw21 obs
  • Ivy-leaved toadflax12 obs
  • White Wagtail11 obs
  • wall-rue10 obs
  • Barn Swallow6 obs
  • Lawn daisy6 obs
  • Wall Pennywort6 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/13895573454

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