Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cullomane East, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cullomane East
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilcullomane Well (1944)
- Coordinates
- 51.65388, -9.39650
- SMR number
- CO118-071001-
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 level pasture SE of Sprat Hill. Natural spring surrounded on three sides by low earthen bank (H c. 3m); open to W. To W of well in same field are 14 small cairns in straight lines running N-S. These are said to represent decades of the Rosary. Penitential station (CO118-071002-) to SE.
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
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Nearby in the register
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.