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Ritual site - holy well

County Dublin, Ireland

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County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St. Dennis Well
Latest-edition OS map
St Philips Well
Coordinates
53.36782, -6.20983
SMR number
DU019-013----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

Annotated St. Dennis' Well on the 1837 ed. OSi 6-inch and as St. Philip's Well on the Cassini ed. OSi 6-inch map. Annotated 'St. Philip's Well (Site of) on the 1863 ed. OSi 25-inch map. The site of this well is situated in the front of No. 35 Stiles Road. This was formerly part of a demesne NW of Clontarf Castle (Dillon-Cosgrave 1977, 120; Ó Danachair 1958, 79). Stiles Lane has since been developed with housing estates. A tarmacadamed area at No. 35 Stiles Road is identified locally as the site of the well.

Compiled by: Geraldine Stout

Revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 19 April 2023

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.

Dillon-Cosgrove, 1909 (reprint 2005) North Dublin City and Environs, M.H. Gill Limited, Dublin.

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

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