Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Mám An óraigh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mám An óraigh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14305, -10.35789
- SMR number
- KE042-141010-
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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
National Monument No. 10044. Kilcolman/Cill na gColmán: An Early Christian church site KE042-141001- lying on the S slopes of an E-W spur of Lateevemore, overlooking Ventry Harbour.
(9) The 3 springs that issue from the ground about 80m S of the enclosure are probably the holy well (KE042-141010-) mentioned by Curran (no.2) and Henry (1937, 277-8). According to Curran, pilgrimages to it ceased in the early part of the 19th century, but Henry noted that rounds were still being made and that it was dedicated to St. Brendan.
See attached photographs of holy well courtesy of Amanda Clarke.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 868. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 9 August 2013
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
Curran, J. 1907-33 Record of the Ancient Monuments on the Promontory of Dingle, Co. Kerry, unpublished ms. in OPW.
Henry, F. 1937 Early Christian slabs and pillar stone in the west of Ireland. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 67, 265-279.
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