Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone head
St. Catherine'S Park, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- St. Catherine'S Park
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.36693, -6.47302
- SMR number
- DU017-002003-
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
In the 1950's there was a carved stone head fixed to the higher arch of the upper (DU017-002001-) of two adjoining wells. In 1958 the stone head had been stolen more than once (Ó Danachair 1958, 82). This has long since been removed.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 29 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.
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The Holy Wells of North County Kerry. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 88, 153-63.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.