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
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shavers Well
- Coordinates
- 54.46551, -8.37816
- SMR number
- LE001-061----
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
Indicated as a well on the 1835 and 1907 eds of the OS 6-inch map but described as 'Shavers Well' in italic lettering on the latter. Situated c. 50m S of the foreshore of Donegal Bay. A rectangular drystone built well (dims 0.35m x 0.35m; D 0.75m) is covered by a limestone slab and open to the N where it connects with a stream. It is built into the N side of a cairn (diam. 8m; H 1.25m) and there is a modern shrine adjacent.
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.
See the attached views from E _1, and NE _2
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.