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Ritual site - holy well

Forrestfields, County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Forrestfields, County Dublin, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Forrestfields
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Slips Well
Latest-edition OS map
Slips Well (site of)
Coordinates
53.45421, -6.22559
SMR number
DU011-037----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (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

Formerly located by the roadside on the outskirts of Swords village. There is no visible surface trace of this possible holy well as it has been built over. Local tradition held that the waters cured eyes and mouth, the name is derived from 'sliop' meaning a lip or mouth (O'Reilly 1910, 159; Ó Danachair 1958, 81).

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Updated by: Christine Baker

Date of upload: 08 January 2015

References

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.

O'Reilly, P.J. 1910 The dedications of the well and Church at Malahide. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 40, 147-65.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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