Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Tullowbeg, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tullowbeg
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Abbey Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Abbey Well
- Coordinates
- 52.80130, -6.73746
- SMR number
- CW008-045009-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked 'Abbey Well' on all editions of the OS 6-inch maps. Holy well covered by a stone structure on top of which has been inserted the head of a high cross (CW008-045011-) both of which have been built into the S face of the NE wall of the 'Abbey graveyard' (CW008-045005-) which contained the site of an Augustinian abbey (CW008-045001-). River Slaney located 17m to NE. The well now dried up was accessed by stone steps on the S side which was covered by a semi-circular headed arch.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 9 September 2014
Nearby in the register
- Cross - High cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.