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St. Faned's Well

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

St. Faned's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Slieve League stands 596 m to the south-southeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is St. Connell's Well, a spring 0.1 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates54.70618, -8.73351

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 24
Beaches: 15
  • An Trá Bheag (Trá Bheag an Ghleanna): 0.4 mi
  • An Trá Bhán: 3.3 mi
  • Traloar: 8.6 mi
  • Trabane: 8.9 mi
  • Maghera Strand: 9.3 mi
Springs: 13
  • St. Connell's Well: 0.1 mi
  • Tobernamanna: 6.9 mi
  • St. Connell's Well: 7.4 mi
  • Tobermurry: 7.4 mi
  • St. Carthach's Well: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 9
  • An Trá Bhán: 3.4 mi
  • Templecavan: 3.7 mi
  • Maghera Waterfall: 9.5 mi
  • Kilclooney More II: 14.2 mi
  • Inishmurray Island Monastic Site: 19.3 mi
Museums: 4
  • Folk Village Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Ardara Heritage Centre: 13.4 mi
  • St. Connell's Museum and Heritage Centre: 19.0 mi
  • Spanish Armada Interpretive Centre: 23.3 mi
Parks: 4
  • Parc O Ceallaigh: 11.0 mi
  • Eamonn Byrne Memorial Park: 11.0 mi
  • Killybegs Childrens Park: 12.7 mi
  • Coolmore Park: 23.8 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Rocks of Ireland: 0.3 mi
  • Grotto: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Maghera Waterfall: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Crohy Head Sea Arch: 18.2 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of St. Faned's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slieve LeagueSSE 164°596.4 m3.9 mi
Slieve League SE TopSSE 159°576.7 m4.3 mi
Maol na nDamhE 98°529 m9.1 mi
Sliabh TuaidhENE 61°511 m7.1 mi
Common MountainE 85°499.7 m11.3 mi
Cnoc na PéisteE 92°497 m10.3 mi
CrownaradESE 111°493 m9.9 mi
MulnanaffE 96°475 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0018:48
June solstice04:5821:1622:17
September equinox07:2118:4919:36
December solstice08:5714:5716:10

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Wall Pennywort7 obs
  • Sheep's-bit6 obs
  • purple loosestrife5 obs
  • Sea Holly5 obs
  • European Stonechat5 obs
  • Primrose4 obs
  • Meadowsweet4 obs
  • Red-billed Chough3 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/13765209972

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