Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.36959, -6.26694
- SMR number
- DU018-010----
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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
Danes Well or Tobar na Lochlannach now covered is located to the rear of housing off Fairfield Road, in the parish of St. George, barony of Coolock. Formerly known as 'Dane's Well' this gave its name to the townland of Daneswell. Acccording to Daly (1957, 21; Anon. 1928, 161) 'fallen statues were found lying in a ditch near to the well, which were supposed to be part of the well's adornment thus indicating that it had the reputation of being a holy well and in all probability a curative one. Its site was given as being in a field known as the Bull Field, near Fairfield and Cliftonville roads'. Annotated 'Deane's Well (Covered)' on the 1863 ed. OSi 25-inch map.
Compiled by : Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 17 April 2023
References
Daly, M. 1957 Curative wells in old Dublin. Dublin Historical Record 17, 13-24.
Anon. 1928 St Catherine's Well, Drumcondra, Co. Dublin. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 58, 159-61.
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
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.