Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Caher East, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caher East
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.89563, -9.51250
- SMR number
- KE093-122----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on a S-facing slope overlooking the valley of the Roughty River. Water emerges from the base of a tree-covered limestone scarp and forms a well (Wth c. 0.6m; D 0.18m), largely obscured by overgrowth. The water then flows to the E along the base of the scarp. According to McCarthy (1993, 16), this was a place of pilgrimage on 15 August up to the 1930s. McCarthy suggests that the church (KE093-129----) which is indicated on a map of Glanarought dated 1600AD (Cal. Carew MSS), may have been in the vicinity of this well (ibid.).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
References
McCarthy, P. 1993 Kenmare and its storied glen. Killarney Printing Works Ltd.
Cal. Carew MSS - Calendar of the Carew manuscripts preserved in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth, 1515-74 [etc.] (6 vols, London, 1867-73)
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Mine - leadunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.