Tobar San Séain, near Kells
Tobar San Séain is a holy well in County Kilkenny, 6.2 km west of Kells.
Not in use since c. 1920s, water was pumped by local residents until 1950s. Fenced off area in cow pasture. Concrete ring with lid. Several hawthorn trees in the vicinity which used to be part of the pattern.
- Kind
- Holy wells
- From Kells
- 6.2 km west, in a straight line
Getting to Tobar San Séain
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How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Tobar San Séain is in Kells, County Kilkenny. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge.
The nearest scheduled stop is Callan (351051), 2.1 km away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Callan 2.1 km
bus 717Scheduled departures from this stop
- Coláiste Éamann Rís 2.3 km
bus 817cScheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Kells covers the journeys into the town itself.
Other holy wells in Kells
Nearest to Tobar San Séain first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Tobar San Séain, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- 2.0 km
- 2.1 km
- 2.7 km
- 3.3 km
- 4.1 km
- 4.2 km
- 5.9 km
- 6.0 km
- 6.5 km
- 6.7 km
- 7.4 km
- 7.5 km
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/8522332218, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.