Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Well
Glencullen, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glencullen
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Butter Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Butter Well
- Coordinates
- 53.21824, -6.22720
- SMR number
- DU025-053----
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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
Situated in pasture to the NE of the Glencullen River. Access from laneway off the road W of Glencullen crossroads. It is a natural spring well. The OS Letters note its cure for stomach and bowel infections (Herity 2001, 14). According to Daly (1957, 22) it was also reputed to have specific qualities against the loss of butter by witchcraft, hence the name 'Butter Well'.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 28 July 2018
References
Herity, M. (ed.) 2001 Ordnance Survey Letters: Dublin. Dublin. Four Masters Press.
Daly, M. 1957 Curative wells in old Dublin. Dublin Historical Record 17, 13-24.
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.