Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Toome (granard By.), County Longford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toome (granard By.)
- County
- Longford
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Coordinates
- 53.84167, -7.49189
- SMR number
- LF006-025001-
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
Within a hollow in undulating pasture. In 1909 a series of fourteen stations were constructed around this well in accordance with the wishes of the Rev. Laurance Cosgrove of St Paul, Minnesota, USA (ITA Survey 1944). They were removed in the mid-1970s (local information). Patterns are held here annually on St Patrick's Day, the 17th of March. This spring well is within a subrectangular setting (1.3m ENE-WSW; 1.23m NNW-SSE), which is defined by a low drystone wall (H 0.6m; Wth 1.3m). At NNW a flat slab acts as a bridge where a stream emanates from the well and flows in a NW direction. A concrete platform has been constructed on the NW side in recent times. Also on this side a holy stone (LF006-025002-) has been concreted to the well. A holy tree (LF006-025003-) immediately to the SE is associated. (Ó Duigneáin 1971, 115-17; O'Donovan 2002, 30)
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 7 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.