Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Baile An Chalaidh, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Chalaidh
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.17137, -10.43501
- SMR number
- KE042-154----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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
Ó Danachair (1960, 77) recorded the following details about a well which he located in the townland of Ballynaglisha; '" Tobar na bhFaithni" - local. "Saghas tobair leighis " An Seabhac, op. cit.'. Site visited on the 10/10/2000 and described as situated on a gently NW facing slope of mixed pasture near the cross-roads to SE of Ferriter's Cove. There is no surface trace of a holy well at this location or in the surrounding area (SMR File).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of reised upload: 29 April 2022
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1960 The Holy Wells of Corkaguiney, Co. Kerry. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 67-78.
Seabhac, An. 1939 Triocha-Céad Chorca Dhuibhne. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.