Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tromra West, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tromra West
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Johns Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Johns Well (1922)
- Coordinates
- 52.80397, -9.46402
- SMR number
- CL038-007001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In a slight natural dip c. 20m W of a children's burial ground (CL038-007002-). The well is located at the junction of two former field boundaries in a rushy area some 40m NW of a stream. Named 'St John's Well' on the 1840 OS 6-inch map. The well is marked by a long thin upright slab along a rough wall and a curving slab partly covers the opening. Although there are no votive offerings or statues present, bottles and cups indicate its use for water and it is said locally to have had a cure for eye complaints.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL038-007001-_01.jpg View of well from SW (photo: Michael Houlihan)
CL038-007001-_02.jpg View of well from W (photo: Michael Houlihan)
Revised by: Mary Tunney
Date of revision: 8 June 2022
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Stone sculptureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.