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St Brigid's Well

St Brigid's Well, seen from above at true elevation

St Brigid's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Stillbrook Hill stands 514 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Nuns' Church, a historic site 3.2 miles away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.36907, -7.93859

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Peaks: 48
  • Endrim Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Split Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Moate Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Sheep Hill: 9.5 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Tired Pilgrim: 3.6 mi
  • River Shannon: 3.8 mi
  • Count John McCormack: 3.8 mi
  • Bust of Count John McCormack: 3.8 mi
  • Grainne Og: 8.5 mi
Parks: 23
  • Burgess Park: 3.4 mi
  • Ballinahown Playground and Park: 3.8 mi
  • Ferbane Bog Boardwalk: 7.7 mi
  • Tuar Ard Public Park: 9.0 mi
  • Patrick Kelly Memorial Park: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 18
Museums: 13
  • Clonmacnoise: 3.6 mi
  • Athlone Music Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Dún na Sí: 8.5 mi
  • Dún na Sí Heritage Centre: 8.6 mi
  • Lemanaghan National School: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 13
Picnic sites: 2
  • Harbour Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
  • Angling Visitor Conference Center: 19.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of St Brigid's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stillbrook HillSSE 149°514 m23.9 mi
Wolftrap MountainSE 142°487 m23.6 mi
BarcamSSE 152°484 m24.8 mi
Carroll's HillSSE 151°482 m23.6 mi
KnocknamanSSE 153°337 m22.1 mi
Cumber HillSSE 156°316 m22.6 mi
Slieve BawnNNW 347°315.6 m24.8 mi
Hill of UisneachENE 62°235.5 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3617:5918:45
June solstice05:0421:0722:05
September equinox07:1818:4719:33
December solstice08:4615:0816:15

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Common Cottongrass3 obs
  • Whooper Swan2 obs
  • Mute Swan2 obs
  • sweet vernal grass2 obs
  • bog asphodel2 obs
  • Rook1 obs
  • Red Clover1 obs
  • tufted vetch1 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/10302645891

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