Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Cill Urlaí, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Urlaí
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.84012, -10.29959
- SMR number
- KE097-002----
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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
There is now no apparent trace of this holy well which was locally known as Tobar na bPaidreacha. It was located on an E facing slope, c. 75m NW of a ceallúnach burial ground (KE097-003----), and was apparently covered by a flat slab. A stone which stood beside it bore 'markings' and 'writing' (local information). The well was filled in the 1930s and the present whereabouts of the upright stone is unknown.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 1076. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 31 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.