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St. Sourneys Well

St. Sourneys Well, seen from above at true elevation

St. Sourneys Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Maghera stands 400 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Drumacoo Monastic Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 0.6 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates53.19843, -8.90545

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Peaks: 54
Attractions: 42
Parks: 42
  • The Green: 2.4 mi
  • Rahasane Turlough Special Conservation Area: 5.4 mi
  • Craughwell AC Athletics Park: 7.0 mi
  • O'Sullivan Park: 7.6 mi
  • South Park: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 23
Beaches: 14
Gardens: 8
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 2
  • Hen Harrier Reserve: 11.2 mi
  • Post Office Field: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MagheraSSE 154°400 m17.7 mi
Cappaghabaun MountainSE 135°395 m22.5 mi
ScalpSE 129°380 m22.3 mi
Cappaghabaun Mountain EastSE 130°378 m23.2 mi
Turkenagh MountainSE 133°360 m21.5 mi
CashlaundrumlahanESE 122°358 m14.0 mi
Slieve ElvaWSW 242°344 m17.0 mi
SlievecarranSSW 211°326 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4018:0318:48
June solstice05:0921:1022:07
September equinox07:2218:5119:37
December solstice08:4915:1316:20

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle5 obs
  • European Green Crab5 obs
  • Eurasian Oystercatcher4 obs
  • Brant4 obs
  • Broad Damsel Bug4 obs
  • dame's rocket3 obs
  • Speckled Wood3 obs
  • Large White3 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/10616818129

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