Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Killuragh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killuragh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.16398, -8.53014
- SMR number
- CO026-105002-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S side of walled garden; no surface trace remains. According to local information, this was original location of St Crannat's well until the lady of the house (The Glen) objected to pilgrims visiting well and built walled garden around the site, after which, according to legend, it moved to present location c. 900m to NNW (13986). Alternative reason for relocation of well recorded by O'Reilly (1987, 128) is that lady of house, as was custom, invited travelling man to turn handle of butter churn but refused to give him an offering. Knowing that she washed butter with water from well, he filled his cap with well water and dropped it at foot of rock opposite Monanimy Castle (14368) about 1 mile to SE at St Nicholas' well (14023).
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
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.