Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Corgerry Oughter, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corgerry Oughter
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.44289, -8.56230
- SMR number
- GA059-023----
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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
On W bank of a small stream. The spot is known locally as a holy well, and a pilgrimage was held on Lady's Day (15th August) in the past. No visible surface trace survives, the stream has been dredged and this may have resulted in the destruction of the well. A church (GA059-045----) and graveyard lie 30m to NW.
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
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.