Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Palmerstown (balrothery West By.), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Palmerstown (balrothery West By.)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51097, -6.35356
- SMR number
- DU007-013002-
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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
Holy well known locally as St James' Well (Ó Danachair 1958, 75) stands in a field 45m S of Palmerstown church (DU007-013001-) and graveyard (DU007-013003-). It is a dry circular pool about 3m in diameter and 1m in depth encircled by thorn bushes and ash tree (Skyvova 2005, 60). Located in cereal crop field south of curved road, some field boundary curving and undulations in the field may imply outer enclosure of church (DU007-013001-) and graveyard (DU007-013003-), if that is the case then the holy well is located between middle and outer enclosure.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 14 March 2023
References
Skyvova, P. 2005 Fingallian Holy Wells. Fingal County Libraries.
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The holy wells of county Dublin. Reportorium Novum 2, 68-87; 2, No. 2 The holy wells of County Dublin: A supplementary list, 233-5.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.