Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilmackowen, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmackowen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.68305, -9.87647
- SMR number
- CO115-102001-
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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 rough grazing land, at the base of outcropping rock, on the steep W-facing slopes of Maulin Mountain. The most westerly of a pair of two holy wells (see CO115-102002-) c. 50m apart and known locally as 'St John's wells'. A roughly rectangular well (0.65m E-W; 0.4m N-S) enclosed at N and S by an upright stone slab, at E by the base of the outcropping rock and at W by a rough stone. It contains water to a depth of 0.35m. A large white cross is painted on the rock above the well. According to local information, rounds were formerly made here on 22 and 23 June (St John's Eve and St John's Day) and the water was said to cure eye ailments.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
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Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.