Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cill Maoilchéadair, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Maoilchéadair
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Brendans Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Brendans Well
- Coordinates
- 52.18572, -10.33645
- SMR number
- KE042-026010-
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
The Early Christian and Medieval ecclesiastical complex at Kilmalkedar (KE042-026----) lies at the foot of the W slopes of Reenconnell hill, overlooking Smerwick Harbour. The Reenconnell ridge peaks at 907 feet/276m to NE of the site and the area around Kilmalkedar is sheltered on its N and S sides by spurs of this hill.
(11) St. Brendan's Well/Tobar Bréanainn: A spring well located just above the stream that flows SW about 3m S of St. Brendan's House. A modern concrete wall has been constructed to enclose the lintelled hollow from which the spring issues.
Described by Ó Danachair (1960, 74) as; ‘a well with a good flow of water, close to the "Saint's House". Neither rounds are performed nor patterns held at it" - OSNB'.
See attached colour photographs courtesy of Amanda Clarke.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 855. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 8 August 2013
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
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.
Ó Danachair, C. 1960 The Holy Wells of Corkaguiney, Co. Kerry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 67-78.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.