Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dunlough, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunlough
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tobernaneeve (1901)
- Coordinates
- 51.47951, -9.81850
- SMR number
- CO146-002----
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
Shallow water-filled depression surrounded by stones, recessed into natural slope. No longer in holy use. O'Donoghue (1986, 1) states that well was said to cure insanity or mental ailments.
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
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.