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Trinity Well

Trinity Well, seen from above at true elevation

Trinity Well is a spring, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Slievebawn stands 525 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Coleman's Well, a spring 0.9 miles away.

difficult to access, but was regularly used in the 1960s and 1970s by the family living to the east and the blacksmith Jack Cantwell (RIP) to the northeast (Smithy marked on BWO map). Water rising in bubbles from the ground and coming from under a stone.

How to reach it

Coordinates52.72622, -7.27108

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
  • Purcell's Kill: 3.0 mi
  • Nale's Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Ballynalacken Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Knockanbawn: 7.2 mi
  • Castle Hill: 8.0 mi
Artworks
Parks: 50
  • Kilkenny Countryside Park: 2.2 mi
  • Richmond swimming area: 3.0 mi
  • Nore Linear Park: 4.2 mi
  • Pococke Park: 4.5 mi
  • Peace Park: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 36
Gardens: 27
Museums: 23
Picnic sites: 4
  • Castle View: 15.3 mi
  • Kilbrannish Forrest Picnic Site: 22.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • Lacca: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 9.7 mi
  • Ballykeefe Quarry: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock of Foyle: 5.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Trinity Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SlievebawnESE 107°524.8 m20.3 mi
Brandon HillSE 140°515 m19.5 mi
CroghanSE 138°365 m15.6 mi
CoppanaghSE 143°365 m16.1 mi
Clomantagh HillW 276°349 m10.0 mi
KnocknamuckWSW 243°340 m12.3 mi
Clogrennan HillENE 61°336 m12.5 mi
Fossy MountainNNE 15°332 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3317:5718:42
June solstice05:0521:0121:58
September equinox07:1518:4519:30
December solstice08:4015:1116:16

Local time (Europe/Dublin).

  • Eurasian Otter2 obs
  • Cinnabar moth2 obs
  • Cuckoo-pint2 obs
  • sycamore maple2 obs
  • Hart's-tongue fern2 obs
  • orange peel fungus1 obs
  • Sulphur Tuft1 obs
  • Elf Cups1 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/11942593399

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