Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Maínis, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maínis
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Well of the Seven Daughters
- Latest-edition OS map
- Well of the Seven Daughters
- Coordinates
- 53.29952, -9.84288
- SMR number
- GA076-013001-
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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 a field close to low cliffs on E shore of the island. Known locally as Tobar na Seacht nlníon, it consists of a natural spring issuing from a granite boulder. In front of this are many loose stones which probably once formed part of a surround or altar; recently reconstructed (pers. comm. T. Robinson). (Killanin 1947, 103)
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
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.