Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Beach , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beach
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ladys Well (1944)
- Coordinates
- 51.67001, -9.49000
- SMR number
- CO118-020----
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
Covered by stone-built dome, lined internally with coursed, water-rolled stones. Stone built altar to SE of well; visited on August 15th each year (Roberts 1988).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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/
-04 The original sketch forms part of the Bantry House Archives; this copy from Old World Colony by David Dickinson (2005).
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.