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Shannon Pot

Shannon Pot, seen from above at true elevation

Shannon Pot is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. The Playbank stands 542 m to the south-southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Killinagh, a peak 0.4 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 22 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.23472, -7.91896

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Killinagh: 0.4 mi
  • Stranamart: 0.8 mi
  • Stranamart: 1.4 mi
  • Edenmore: 1.4 mi
  • Unshogagh: 1.5 mi
Springs
  • Spa Well: 2.0 mi
  • Sulphur Spa Well: 3.0 mi
  • Iron Spa Well: 3.2 mi
  • Larry's Well: 3.4 mi
  • Golden Well: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Englishman's House: 3.2 mi
  • Killinagh Church: 3.8 mi
  • Republican Garden of Remembrance: 5.1 mi
  • The Ultachs: 7.9 mi
  • Forde's Castle: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 40
Parks: 38
  • Aggie's Fairy Trail Park: 4.9 mi
  • Ultachs Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Fairgreen: 9.1 mi
  • Bee Park: 11.4 mi
  • Windmill Road Park: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Point of Contact: 5.3 mi
  • Triskele Mizmaze: 11.6 mi
  • Danu: 13.9 mi
  • Cloud Viewer: 15.4 mi
  • Peace For All: 19.4 mi
Museums: 13
Cliffs: 9
  • Playgroud: 4.1 mi
  • The Playground: 4.1 mi
  • Monastir: 4.2 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 4.4 mi
  • Carrignahasta: 4.5 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Pleasure Grounds: 7.7 mi
  • Walled Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Ireland's Best Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Walled Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Daisy Hill Gardens: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Cascades Waterfall: 4.8 mi
  • Tullydermot Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Scardan Waterfall: 11.0 mi
  • Roogagh Waterfall: 14.3 mi
  • Blackslee waterfall: 15.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
  • Moneen Boleybrack Mountain Special Area of Conservation: 3.8 mi
  • Hanging Rock and Rossaa Forest National Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
  • Moneensauran Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 4.4 mi
  • Gubnafarna Cuilcagh Anierin Uplands Special Area of Conservation: 8.1 mi
  • Devenish Local Nature Reserve: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Bundoran beach: 22.4 mi
  • Wardtown Strand: 22.9 mi
  • Rynn Beach: 23.9 mi
  • Annagh Lough Beach: 24.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Marble Arch: 4.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Shannon Pot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PlaybankSSW 199°542 m3.9 mi
Naweeloge TopWNW 290°441 m3.7 mi
GubaveenyW 281°426 m3.1 mi
BronaghWNW 292°397 m4.7 mi
CorrakeeldrumW 268°375 m3.7 mi
TullynamoyleW 273°370 m4.0 mi
TentsW 271°346 m3.0 mi
GarvaghE 93°337 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3517:5818:45
June solstice04:5821:1022:10
September equinox07:1818:4619:33
December solstice08:5114:5916:10

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Tamarisk Scalewort3 obs
  • Badhamia utricularis2 obs
  • scaly pelt lichen2 obs
  • Hart's-tongue fern2 obs
  • soft shield fern2 obs
  • Fox-tail Feather-moss2 obs
  • common hazel1 obs
  • Netted shield lichen1 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/4915498482

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