Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kill (muskerry West By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kill (muskerry West By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holy Well (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.92055, -8.93443
- SMR number
- CO071-009----
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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
Not shown on 1842 and 1901 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, c. 65m WNW of bullaun stone (CO071-010----). Stone-lined well, now dry; covering capstone lies beside it. Not in holy use.
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
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Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.