Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Moone, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Moone
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Columbkilles Well
- Coordinates
- 52.98017, -6.82406
- SMR number
- KD036-043----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Surrounded by corbelled structure, but now neglected and overgrown with weeds. Jackson states the well was filled in in the nineteenth century, so the surround may be more recent. Situated to the NE of the church (No.***) in Moone village (see No.***).
Date of upload: 5 September 2016
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.