Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Well
Stephenstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Stephenstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59702, -6.20343
- SMR number
- DU005-002----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Named on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as 'Mables Well'. Located on a NW facing slope above a stream under pasture. this was formerly described as an unenclosed natural spring well rising from behind a boulder (Ó Danachair 1958, 2, 72). It has since been filled in. Not visible on the ground.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Update by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 7 November 2014
References
O'Danachair, C. 1958 The holy wells of Dublin. In Reportorium Novum 2 (1). 68-87.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.