Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Doorus, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Doorus
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbrackan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbrackan
- Coordinates
- 53.17500, -8.96964
- SMR number
- GA102-025----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Within an enclosure (GA102-025001-). This spring well, which is enclosed by a rectangular drystone surround (3.3m N-S; 2.7m E-W), lies in the NE quadrant of an oval hollow (15m N-S; 13m E-W). A number of mature beach trees surround it. According to local tradition, the water was used as a cure for cholera (Korff and O'Connell 1985).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 4 March 2019
References
Korff, A. and O'Connell, J. 1985 Kinvara: a rambler's map and guide. Kinvarra.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.