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Tobernapeastia

Tobernapeastia, seen from above at true elevation

Tobernapeastia is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Knockahunna stands 503 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Millenium Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

According to a local resident, a retired teacher, the name means "Well of the Serpent", because its water helped against ringworms. It was once the water supply for the whole village, according to him.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.73576, -7.42039

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Springs
Peaks
  • Kyle Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Clomantagh Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Knockmannon Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Drumshane Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Ballylehaun Hill: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Parks: 53
  • Millenium Park: 0.8 mi
  • Millenium Park: 3.0 mi
  • Fair Green: 5.2 mi
  • Parkanahown: 6.1 mi
  • Kilkenny Countryside Park: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 36
Gardens: 26
  • Uppercourt Demesne Walled Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Ballyfoyle Active Retirement Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Rothe House Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Famine Memorial Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 9.2 mi
Museums: 23
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 8.8 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Castle View: 19.2 mi
  • Lacca: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock of Foyle: 10.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Tobernapeastia. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KnockahunnaSSW 196°502.8 m20.8 mi
CroghanSE 126°365 m20.7 mi
CoppanaghSE 130°365 m20.9 mi
Clomantagh HillW 274°349 m3.7 mi
KnocknamuckSW 217°340 m7.8 mi
Clogrennan HillENE 72°336 m18.0 mi
Fossy MountainNE 36°332 m17.8 mi
CarrignagappleSSW 193°332 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3417:5718:42
June solstice05:0621:0221:59
September equinox07:1618:4619:31
December solstice08:4015:1116:17

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Wild Boar1 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/7017364370

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