Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Staffordstown, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Staffordstown
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Catherines Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Catherines Well
- Coordinates
- 53.51500, -6.17522
- SMR number
- DU008-017----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This holy well was traditionally associated with St. Catherine. Situated in field of tillage W of stream. No visible surface trace (Ó Danachair 1958, 74). No longer venerated (Healy 1975, 20). Bridetree Well (DU008-018----) lies 110m to the SE.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 12 April 2023
References
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.