Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Killeen (muskerry West By., Ballvourney Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killeen (muskerry West By., Ballvourney Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holy Well (1940)
- Coordinates
- 51.94037, -9.14347
- SMR number
- CO058-013001-
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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
In pasture, on S-facing slope, to W of St Gobnait's stone (CO058-013002-). Marked 'Holy well (now dry)' on 1842 OS 6-inch map. No visible surface trace.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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 28 Nov 2016 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.