Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Keadew (cavan Rural & Urban), County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Keadew (cavan Rural & Urban)
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Friars Well
- Coordinates
- 54.00645, -7.36250
- SMR number
- CV020-050001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Site has been infilled. An earlier report (OPW 1968) described a small stagnant pool of water, irregular in plan. Two large stones were identified in the water to one side. Davies (1948, 118) speculated that this place may have afforded refuge for a band of friars following the Dissolution (CV020-050002-).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.