Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Bunduff, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bunduff
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Coordinates
- 54.46383, -8.37570
- SMR number
- LE001-003----
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope with a small stream c. 30m to the W. An oval cairn (dims 9m NW-SE; 5.5m NE-SW; H 1m) has a small rectangular drystone well (dims 0.4m x 0.3m; D 0.25m) on the W side, which is still venerated. and a modern shrine.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.