Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Killoughternane, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killoughternane
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Fortcherns Well
- Coordinates
- 52.63396, -6.85217
- SMR number
- CW019-049001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 8 July 2011
Revised by: Claire Breen
Situated 100m ENE and downslope of White Chapel. Still venerated. Shrine erected in 1950. Bullaun stone (CW019-049002-) in hedge E of holy well. See CW019-048001- and CW019-048002- for church and font.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.