Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cave
Quay, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Quay
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Chink Well
- Coordinates
- 53.48581, -6.10268
- SMR number
- DU012-007001-
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
There is a natural spring well located deep in a sea cave below the boundary wall of Portraine Demesne. It is accessible at low tide (Healy 1975, 25).
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 25 April 2014
References
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Healy, P. 1975a Second report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha Teoranta.
Nearby in the register
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- Churchunder 1 mi
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- Martello towerunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.