Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Carton Demesne, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carton Demesne
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Nuns Well
- Coordinates
- 53.39388, -6.54978
- SMR number
- KD006-011----
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
At the N end of the landscaped Carton Demesne, c. 240m SSW of a possible nunnery site (KD006-007003-). In 1985, the site could not be located due to dense vegetation cover (SMR file).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.