Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Keeltane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keeltane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.28576, -8.89843
- SMR number
- CO006-077001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Bowman (1934, 716) noted holy well in same field as burial ground (14109), though 'Rounds have not been paid for practically 100 years. The usual whitethorn tree grows by the well.' May be unnamed well c. 35m N of burial ground; base of concrete, sides and cover of stone slabs; no indication of holy use.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.