Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Glennagevlagh, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glennagevlagh
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Josephs Well
- Coordinates
- 53.60840, -9.67095
- SMR number
- GA012-002----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At HWM on S shore close to the head of Killary Harbour and c. 20m from road. It consisted of a hollow (not a spring), now filled in, which was situated in SW corner of a small, low, subrectangular drystone enclosure (L 3.5m, Wth 2.3m) with an entrance on S side. The base of a modern concrete cross is visible at W end. A fish used to be seen in the hollow but the well has not been frequented recently (pers. comm. T. Robinson).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy well1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassified2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.