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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 99 m. Galtymore stands 918 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kenmare Castle, a historic site 1.5 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.45632, -8.42193

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Kenmare Castle: 1.5 mi
  • O'Hurley's Castle (ruins): 2.0 mi
  • Knockainey Castle: 2.3 mi
  • Ballynamona Church (ruins): 3.2 mi
  • Ballygrennan Castle: 5.0 mi
Springs
Peaks
  • Knockainy: 2.8 mi
  • Kilteely Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Duntryleague Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Slievereagh: 5.4 mi
  • Knockfennell: 6.5 mi
Parks: 34
  • Lough Gur Lakeshore Park: 6.2 mi
  • Terra Nova Garden: 7.6 mi
  • The Hills: 10.7 mi
  • Small Plots: 11.6 mi
  • The Plots: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 32
Artworks: 21
Gardens: 15
  • Carraig Mór: 9.0 mi
  • Lady Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Castle Gardens: 14.2 mi
  • Walled Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Condon's Corner: 14.5 mi
Museums: 8
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 2
  • Coonagh Nature: 18.1 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Yurty's Couch: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of St. Bridget's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
GaltymoreESE 121°917.9 m12.0 mi
LyracappulSE 129°825.3 m10.5 mi
CarrignabinniaSE 127°822.9 m10.6 mi
GaltybegESE 119°799.2 m12.5 mi
Temple HillSE 135°783.1 m10.5 mi
SlievecushnabinniaSE 124°774.8 m10.8 mi
KnockaterriffSE 132°691.6 m11.3 mi
Knockaterriff BegSE 132°679.3 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0118:46
June solstice05:1221:0522:01
September equinox07:2018:5019:35
December solstice08:4315:1816:22

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • White-throated Dipper1 obs
  • Shining Crane's-bill1 obs
  • Great Willowherb1 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/13758538548

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