Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Mahallagh, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mahallagh
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holy Well (Site of) (1938)
- Coordinates
- 51.89486, -8.82446
- SMR number
- CO071-079----
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
Not shown on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps. Standing stone (CO071-078----) stood c. 70m to W. No visible surface trace. According to O'Donoghue (1986, 263), '"rounds"were performed here'. 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
References
O'Donoghue, B. 1986 Parish histories and placenames of West Cork. Privately published. Bandon.
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.