Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Drumany (o' Brien), County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumany (o' Brien)
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well (Covered)
- Coordinates
- 54.03772, -7.90037
- SMR number
- LE024-023001-
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
Situated in a low-lying position near a stream. This is a masonry corbelled structure (ext. diam. 2.15m; ext. H 1.6m) which contains a circular chamber and water-filled depression (diam. 0.77m) with a doorway to the W. There is a record of a possible bullaun stone with two basins (Blaney 1944, file no. 136) which could not be found in 1991. Coolkill church (LE024-0024001-) is c. 250m to the NE.
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
References
Blaney, N. 1944 Ballinamore Library, file nos. 124-47. Unpublished notes.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.