Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Carrig Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrig Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Friars Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Friars Well
- Coordinates
- 52.57609, -9.50121
- SMR number
- KE002-008002-
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
It is marked on the 1841-42 and 1914 OS map as 'Friars' Well'. Situation and Description: This well is circular and dry-walled; it would appear to be quite steep and is still full of water. Originally, steps led down to the well and some of these can still be traced today. It is situated WNW of Carrig Abbey (KE002-008001-) and was probably connected to it.
Rounds/Legends/Offerings: No tradition survives.
See attached plan of Carrig Island monastic enclosure taken from North Kerry Archaeological Survey (Toal 1995, 209).
See attached photographs of Friar's Well courtesy of Amanda Clarke.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 880. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
References
Toal, C. 1995 North Kerry Archaeological Survey. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.