Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
An Chloich Mhór Theas, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- An Chloich Mhór Theas
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Columcilles Well
- Coordinates
- 53.22860, -9.53292
- SMR number
- GA091-006----
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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
Below HWM to S of a graveyard (GA091-001002-). Two holy wells, both dedicated to St Columcille; (a) c. 170m SW of the graveyard is a large smooth basin-like rock pool, triangular in shape, in the outer flank of a rock outcrop; (b) close to LWM and c. 270m S of the graveyard is a large smooth pothole (D 1m) with some coins stuck in a cleft deep down in it (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/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.