Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Eochaill (bar. árainn), County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eochaill (bar. árainn)
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Kierans Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Kierans Well
- Coordinates
- 53.13206, -9.68593
- SMR number
- GA111-002002-
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
Some 45m WNW of Teampall Chiaráin (GA111-002001-). Known locally as Tobar Chiaráin, it consists of a natural spring filling a hollow in the rock at the inner end of a U-shaped enclosure (L c. 3m, Wth c. 2m). The latter is built of massive limestone blocks and opens towards E. Just outside this are traces of a low curving bank (L 6m, Wth 2.1m, H 1.25m).
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).
The following image has been uploaded: GA111-002002-_01.jpg
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.
References
Gosling, P. (compiler) 1993 Archaeological inventory of County Galway, vol. 1: West Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed pillarunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.