Tobar na Cille
Tobar na Cille is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Shehy More stands 546 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Strand of the Old House, a beach 0.3 miles away. Wild Atlantic Way passes 1.5 miles off.
Holy well of irregular shape said to be associated with Cill to southwest. Water emerges from the cliff-face.
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Wild Atlantic Way, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout over Millcove · 3 mi
- Bealach (pass) · 5 mi
- Carraigín Na Súl · 6 mi
- Galley Head View · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Strand of the Old House: 0.3 mi
- Trá na Bharaille: 0.4 mi
- Cuas Dall: 0.4 mi
- Badger's Hole: 0.5 mi
- Cúisín Darraí: 0.5 mi
- Poll na Slinne: 0.9 mi
- Cartivourneen: 1.1 mi
- Péicin Thalamh na Gainmhe: 1.1 mi
- Big Bank: 1.5 mi
- Big Height: 1.6 mi
- Coastguard Station: 1.1 mi
- Castle Ire: 1.5 mi
- Famine Village: 1.6 mi
- Myross Church: 1.8 mi
- Raheen Castle: 2.1 mi
- Carraig-ín Mhóire: 0.4 mi
- Leap waterfall: 2.8 mi
- Drishane House: 3.1 mi
- Tobar Bearcháin: 3.7 mi
- Placenames & Their Amazing Stories: 3.9 mi
- Well: 1.0 mi
- Tobar na gCapall: 1.5 mi
- Tobar na gCaolán: 1.6 mi
- Tobar: 1.6 mi
- Well: 1.6 mi
- Faill na Cág: 0.5 mi
- Faill a' Bhach Iodhna: 0.5 mi
- Faill na Briste: 0.5 mi
- Pointe an Dorais: 0.6 mi
- Fuinneog Chreach: 1.1 mi
- Coolngrane Park: 6.0 mi
- The Rock: 6.3 mi
- Rossa Park: 6.7 mi
- Gearagh Park: 9.8 mi
- Emmet Place: 11.0 mi
- Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa Casket: 6.2 mi
- Heritage Centre: 6.7 mi
- Cottage Museum: 6.9 mi
- Michael Collins House Museum: 11.0 mi
- Michael Collins Centre: 14.4 mi
- Hollybrook house Japanese Garden: 6.7 mi
- Inishbeg Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Clonakilty Garden of Remembrance: 11.4 mi
- Glenview Gardens: 15.9 mi
- Walled Garden: 17.6 mi
- Canon James Goodman: 6.6 mi
- Molly the Púca: 11.7 mi
- Sam Maguire: 12.3 mi
- Henry Ford Model T: 14.1 mi
- Captain O'Neill Statue: 15.4 mi
- The Warren Dunes: 4.5 mi
- Long Strand Dunes: 6.6 mi
- Irish National Forestry Foundation: 13.8 mi
- Port Ban Nature Reserve, Irish Wildlife Trust: 22.9 mi
- Glengarriff Nature Reserve: 24.2 mi
- Kilmurry Woods: 22.8 mi
- Ballinadee Millenium Project: 24.0 mi
- Innishannon Woods: 24.6 mi
- Fall Down: 5.8 mi
- The Bridge: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Tobar na Cille. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shehy More | NNW 344° | 545.6 m | 17.5 mi |
| Nowen Hill | NNW 336° | 535.2 m | 13.5 mi |
| Nowen Hill SW Top | NNW 332° | 509 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mullach Méise | NW 323° | 494.3 m | 14.2 mi |
| Douce Mountain | NNW 339° | 476 m | 18.8 mi |
| Doughill Mountain | NNW 339° | 471 m | 20.1 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills E Top | NNW 334° | 470 m | 15.2 mi |
| Maughanaclea Hills W Top | NNW 331° | 452 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:05 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 21:04 | 21:58 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:41 | 15:28 | 16:30 |
Local time (Europe/Dublin).
- European Herring Gull8 obs
- common selfheal6 obs
- Eurasian Curlew5 obs
- Great Black-backed Gull5 obs
- White Wagtail4 obs
- Ivy-leaved toadflax4 obs
- Common Honeysuckle4 obs
- maidenhair spleenwort4 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9884022580
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