Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Killanully, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killanully
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Killanully Well (1933)
- Coordinates
- 51.82724, -8.45419
- SMR number
- CO086-044----
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
In wooded glen on E bank of stream. Lined and roofed with rough sandstone slabs (H 0.8m; Wth 0.8m; E 0.4m); front faced with cut limestone to resemble church door; small hole (diam. 0.04m) above entrance. Four inscribed crosses visible above door. According to Casey (1983, ) '"Rounds"....performed here until the early part of the century'.
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
Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.