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Ritual site - holy tree/bush

Doory, County Longford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy tree/bush, Doory, County Longford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Doory
County
Longford
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.61196, -7.75148
SMR number
LF023-048002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Associated with a holy well (LF023-048001-); this thorn bush is growing from the enclosing a wall of the well at NW. A report in 1977 (SMR file) recorded that rags had been tied it. As none were visible at the time of inspection, this practice appears to have been discontinued.

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 7 June 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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