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Saint Scoheen's Well

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

Saint Scoheen's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Mount Leinster stands 794 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Freneystown Castle, a historic site 0.3 miles away.

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How to reach it

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Coordinates52.68235, -7.11780
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Peaks
  • Castle Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Knockanbawn: 2.5 mi
  • Purcell's Kill: 4.2 mi
  • Gallows Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Frengh Hill: 8.7 mi
Artworks
Parks: 48
  • Pococke Park: 4.9 mi
  • Oak Grove Millennium Park: 5.6 mi
  • The Quarry: 5.7 mi
  • Kilkenny Castle Park: 5.8 mi
  • Peace Park: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 38
Gardens: 28
Museums: 20
Picnic sites: 3
  • Castle View: 11.0 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 15.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 12.8 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 12.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Saint Scoheen's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LeinsterESE 107°794.4 m14.8 mi
Blackstairs MountainSE 125°732.1 m16.0 mi
Moats of CraanESE 106°656.5 m15.8 mi
Black Rock MountainESE 105°599.6 m16.9 mi
KnockroeESE 114°538.77 m15.0 mi
SlievebawnESE 103°524.8 m13.3 mi
Brandon HillSSE 153°515 m13.4 mi
White MountainSE 136°509 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3217:5618:41
June solstice05:0521:0121:57
September equinox07:1518:4419:30
December solstice08:3915:1116:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Buzzard2 obs
  • Common Wood-Pigeon1 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail1 obs
  • Red Admiral1 obs
  • fireweed1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7117539440

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