Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Lisheenteige, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisheenteige
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Cloonruff Holy Well
- Coordinates
- 53.53709, -8.30632
- SMR number
- GA033-047002-
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
In a low-lying area adjacent to a stream. This well, dry at the time of visit, consists of an unenclosed circular hollow (D 3m) now partially filled with loose stones. Immediately to NNW is a small limesone cross (H 0.68m, Wth 0.61m) which was erected by Patrick Kelly in 1780, according to the inscription on NNW face.
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
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Designed landscape featureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.