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St. Margaret's Well

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

St. Margaret's Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Lyracappul stands 825 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballygrennan Castle, a historic site 1.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.45365, -8.55857

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Peaks
  • Knockainy: 3.9 mi
  • Knockfennell: 5.1 mi
  • Skool Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Kilfinane Motte: 7.7 mi
  • Mortlestown Hill: 7.8 mi
Parks: 43
  • Terra Nova Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Lough Gur Lakeshore Park: 5.0 mi
  • Croom Town Park: 8.3 mi
  • Town Park: 8.8 mi
  • Adare Town Park: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 26
Artworks: 21
Gardens: 14
  • Carraig Mór: 7.8 mi
  • Roof Garden: 15.2 mi
  • UL Memorial Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Lady Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Walled Garden: 16.1 mi
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Coonagh Nature: 15.3 mi
  • The Pollagh Trail: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Yurty's Couch: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Glansheskin Forest Recreation Area: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of St. Margaret's Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
LyracappulESE 115°825.3 m15.4 mi
CarrignabinniaESE 113°822.9 m15.5 mi
Temple HillESE 119°783.1 m15.1 mi
SlievecushnabinniaESE 112°774.8 m15.9 mi
KnockaterriffESE 117°691.6 m16.0 mi
Knockaterriff BegESE 117°679.3 m15.5 mi
MonabrackESE 116°630.1 m16.5 mi
Lough Curra MoundESE 110°600.4 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3818:0218:47
June solstice05:1221:0522:01
September equinox07:2018:5019:35
December solstice08:4315:1816:23

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Banded Demoiselle1 obs
  • European beech1 obs
  • Trooping Crumble Cap1 obs
  • Cherry laurel1 obs
  • ragwort1 obs
  • Long-bodied Cellar Spider1 obs
  • Leatherleaf viburnum1 obs
  • Mossy Rose Gall Wasp1 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/13754609294

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