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Ritual site - holy well

Curradonohoe, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Curradonohoe, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Curradonohoe
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
51.64617, -9.93085
SMR number
CO115-160----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A group of possibly four holy wells, located c.8m east of the graveyard (CO115-045001-) surrounding the ruins of Kilaconenagh church (CO115-045002-) to the west of Castletownbere. Situated on the southern edge of a ridge of exposed bedrock, now heavily overgrown, in an area known as Glebe. They consist of three large, circular hollows, probably natural in origin with a possible fourth c. 1m higher up the bedrock. There is no evidence that they are still visited regularly but they are known locally as the Holy Wells. The western well has a diameter of 0.5m and depth of 0.3m. 0.6m to the east is the second which is 0.8 x 1.1m in diameter and depth of 0.4m. 0.9m to the east is the third with a diameter of 0.9x1.2m and a depth of 0.2m.

Compiled by: Tony Miller

Date of upload: 2 May 2017

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Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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