Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballyfouloo , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfouloo
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobernadihy (1934)
- Coordinates
- 51.84400, -8.35413
- SMR number
- CO087-025----
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 area, beside road. Site not located. According to Hurse (1926, 90) well closed and 'rounds were made and votive gifts offered' here. 'The old thorn bush or tree remains'.
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
Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.