Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dunowen , County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunowen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ladys Well (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.54253, -8.92091
- SMR number
- CO144-040----
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 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Modernised and still in holy use. Roughly built stone cover with statue of Our Lady on top. Lintelled opening to well, drain-like exit for water. According to local information, well visited three times a year, culminating on August 15th (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/
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.