Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cork City, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cork City
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.90059, -8.48406
- SMR number
- CO074-074----
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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
According to O Coindealbháin (1946, 160) upper part of twin light of ogee-headed window built into wall of distillery at foot of Wise's Hill, placed there to mark site of 'Tiobra Bhrianach'. Visited by people in surrounding countryside but closed up by Distillery when this became 'troublesome' on one or two occasions.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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
- Religious house - Franciscan friarsunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Mansion houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.