Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Well
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35711, -6.30490
- SMR number
- DU018-007008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Formerly within Phoenix Park, this was a spa well called Feenisk (Fionn Uisge) which was famous for its curative powers. The site was levelled in the late Nineteenth century (Daly 1957, 17-18). There are no visible remains above ground.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Upload date: 28 September 2011
References
Daly, M. 1957 Curative wells in old Dublin. Dublin Historical Record 17, 13-24.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.