Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Clooncon East, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clooncon East
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Priest Well
- Coordinates
- 53.61653, -8.52860
- SMR number
- GA018-007----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a S-facing slope in grassland. This well-preserved well is defined by a modern rectangular block-built wall (N-S 3.2m, E-W 2m) opening out to N. Access is gained via three steps.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosure1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
- Burial ground1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.