Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Beaghy North, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Beaghy North
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.32632, -9.65915
- SMR number
- GA078-001----
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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 S shore c. 40m from E tip of the island. It consists of two round potholes side by side (Ds c. 0.3m) with coins and rosaries stuck into a cleft above each. Said to have been made by a saint as fonts for baptising the local heathens. The saint's footprint is pointed out on the rock nearby. Frequented on Lá Mhuire and other holy days (info. T. Robinson). Not visited.
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Children's burial ground2 mi
- Ritual site - holy well2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.