Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dunfierth, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dunfierth
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fuaran Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38460, -6.82757
- SMR number
- KD004-023----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Jackson(1979-80, 147) states that this site was regarded locally as a holy well. It is named 'Furan Well' on the 1st ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map (the name being derived from 'fuar'- cold: see also Fuaran holy well in Boghall Td (KD031-001----)) and shown at the W corner of a moated site (KD004-012----). No longer visible at ground level, but the ground in this area is wet underfoot. A small fenced-off area at the S corner of the moated site may be the location of a covered well or spring.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.