Saint Margaret's Well
Saint Margaret's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Carrickbyrne Hill stands 286 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Margaret's House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
This well was once used to wash the wheels of the cart (horse and cart) of the owners of St. Margaret's. In very ancient times it was an Celtic well
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- St. Margaret's House: 0.1 mi
- Disused Boathouse / Coal shed: 0.4 mi
- Lifeboat Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Hilltown House: 0.9 mi
- Lady's Island Castle: 1.3 mi
- Lady's Well: 1.0 mi
- Saint Vauk's Well: 1.9 mi
- Saint Helen's Well: 2.1 mi
- St. Mary's Well: 3.2 mi
- Saint Catherine's Well: 3.5 mi
- Our Lady of Welcome: 1.2 mi
- Marian Statue: 1.4 mi
- Stella Maris Statue: 3.3 mi
- Shasta Daisy: 4.9 mi
- William Lamport: 10.2 mi
- Carne Beach: 0.3 mi
- Churchtown Beach / The Sandy Gripe: 0.8 mi
- Nethertown Beach: 1.3 mi
- Hole of the Forlorn: 2.1 mi
- The White Hole Beach: 5.9 mi
- Shernock Hill/Knocks Hill: 0.4 mi
- The Chour / The Hill of the Chour: 2.2 mi
- Skeater Rock: 11.6 mi
- Carrickatinna Rock: 11.7 mi
- Carrickadee: 11.8 mi
- Tacumshane Windmill: 3.0 mi
- Johnstown Castle Visitor Centre: 8.8 mi
- Whale bone: 10.4 mi
- Three Sisters River Cruises: 10.4 mi
- Wex Walks: 10.5 mi
- Sensory Garden: 3.2 mi
- Village Garden: 5.7 mi
- St. Anne's Grotto: 6.0 mi
- Italian Sunken Garden: 9.0 mi
- The Old Melon Garden: 9.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.2 mi
- The Rocks: 9.7 mi
- Republican Garden of Rememberance: 10.7 mi
- Redmond Memorial Park: 10.8 mi
- The Irish National Heritage Park: 12.1 mi
- St Awaries Cottage: 0.9 mi
- Rosslare Harbour Maritime Heritage Centre: 2.7 mi
- Irish Agricultural Museum: 8.8 mi
- Westgate Heritage Centre: 10.7 mi
- National 1798 Centre: 22.2 mi
- Carricjmore Cliff: 23.5 mi
- The Cahore Polders and Dunes: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saint Margaret's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrickbyrne Hill | WNW 303° | 286.1 m | 21.5 mi |
| Forth Mountain | NW 311° | 237 m | 11.8 mi |
| Camaross Hill | NW 310° | 183 m | 19.2 mi |
| Oulart Hill | N 355° | 180 m | 21.7 mi |
| Carrickmastia Hill | NW 311° | 166 m | 22.2 mi |
| Bree Hill | NW 325° | 155 m | 20.0 mi |
| Raheennahoon Hill | NW 319° | 154 m | 19.6 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | NNW 338° | 110 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 17:53 | 18:38 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:56 | 21:51 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:42 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 08:33 | 15:12 | 16:15 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- Common Tern22 obs
- Sandwich Tern17 obs
- Eurasian Oystercatcher11 obs
- Great Crested Grebe10 obs
- Grey Heron8 obs
- Black-headed Gull8 obs
- Mute Swan7 obs
- Great Cormorant6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/280524572
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