Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Drumgoolan, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumgoolan
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Ultans Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ultans Well
- Coordinates
- 53.95144, -6.57885
- SMR number
- LH011-033----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1835 and 1911 'OS 6-inch' maps as 'Ultan's Well'. The OS Letters also refer to a well called Tobar Ultan. It is a large U-shaped pool (L 4m; Wth 3m; D 1.7m), cut into a slight slope of a ridge with a narrow trench leading into a nearby drain at W. Local tradition holds that the water can cure coughs. (ASI field notes, 1967). Also noted that the water was used for domestic purpose and that it prevented disease (Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts 665, 105).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 4 April 2012
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.