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Ritual site - holy well

Dromgower, County Kerry, Ireland

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Townland: Dromgower
County: Kerry
Country: Ireland
First-edition OS map: Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map: Purtaheen
Coordinates: 52.40020, -9.81701
SMR number: KE014-024----

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Not marked on the 1842 OS map, on the 1916 OS map it is marked as 'Purtaheen'.
Situation Description: O'Donovan (OSNB) mentions a holy well in this townland, but he does not give it a name. No trace of this well could be found.

The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 923. 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.

OSNB - Ordnance Survey Name Books. Pro-forma books arranged by Civil Parish for recording townland and other name-forms and compiled in the course of the OS 6-inch survey 1824-1841. The name books also include minor names and incidental references to antiquities. National Archives of Ireland.

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