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Ritual site - holy well

An Chorr Riabhach, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, An Chorr Riabhach, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
An Chorr Riabhach
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St. Cuthberts Well
Latest-edition OS map
St. Cuthberts Well
Coordinates
53.46274, -9.35869
SMR number
GA040-006----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In woodland on the S side of a drumlin close to a stream and c. 50m to the N of a burial ground (GA040-007----). This holy well is roughly subcircular in plan (dim. 1m; D 0.4m) and is defined by an arc of small boulders with traces of walling at W and N (max. H 0.4m) where it is set into the slope. It appears to have a stone base and it opens to the S. It is still in use and votive offerings include small statues (information from M. Gibbons). (Gosling 1993, 177)

Compiled by: Olive Alcock with information supplied by M. Gibbons

Date of upload: 15 March 2021

References

Gosling, P. (compiler) 1993 Archaeological inventory of County Galway, vol. 1: West Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Nearby in the register

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

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