Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Duntahane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Duntahane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Bernards Well (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.13801, -8.28368
- SMR number
- CO035-023----
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
Named on 1842 OS 6-inch map; marked but not named on 1905 OS 6-inch map. In Fermoy, on S bank of River Blackwater; accessed by narrow alleyway S from Barnane Walk. Two adjacent open wells enclosed by stone wall, recently repaired. Northernmost well is oval and partially lined with concrete; access by two steps down on NE side. Southernmost well is rectangular, concrete-lined, water piped in from N well and out to river. No indication of current 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
Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Schoolunder 1 mi
- Religious house - Cistercian monksunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.