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St. Bridget's Well

St. Bridget's Well, seen from above at true elevation

St. Bridget's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Kippure stands 757 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady Well, a spring 1.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.50270, -6.25028

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Historic sites
  • Gracedieu Nunnery: 1.3 mi
  • Oldtown: 2.2 mi
  • Meudon House: 2.8 mi
  • The Old Mill: 3.1 mi
  • 1916 volunteers meeting point: 3.2 mi
Gardens
Parks
  • Broadmeadow Linear Park: 2.1 mi
  • Rathbeale Archaeological Park: 2.2 mi
  • The Green: 2.5 mi
  • Jugback Green: 2.6 mi
  • The Green: 2.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
  • Hollywood Great: 3.9 mi
  • Knockbrack: 4.8 mi
  • Man O'War Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Naul Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Newtown Hill: 8.0 mi
Museums: 56
Beaches: 25
Nature reserves: 15
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • BBQ Area: 6.6 mi
  • Rathbeggan Lakes Angling Centre: 10.9 mi
  • Toni's: 11.5 mi
  • Hawk Cliff: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of St. Bridget's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KippureS 189°757 m22.7 mi
SeefinganSSW 194°722.9 m22.0 mi
SeahanSSW 195°647.3 m20.5 mi
SeefinSSW 195°620.6 m22.7 mi
Corrig MountainSSW 194°617.1 m20.5 mi
Glendoo MountainS 185°585.094 m19.5 mi
Ballymorefinn HillSSW 195°566 m19.7 mi
KnocknagunS 181°555.3 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2917:5218:38
June solstice04:5621:0021:59
September equinox07:1118:4019:26
December solstice08:4015:0016:08

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Grey Heron3 obs
  • European Starling3 obs
  • Common Buzzard3 obs
  • European Peacock Butterfly3 obs
  • Rook2 obs
  • European Robin2 obs
  • Red Admiral2 obs
  • purple foxglove2 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/13768567001

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