Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Dromiskin, County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromiskin
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.91685, -6.40652
- SMR number
- LH015-002----
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
Referred to as Tobar Rónáin. The OS Letters note that it does not retain its original situation, which was in a bog (CLAJ 1925, 6). Tradition associated with it and it has been suggested that a pilgrimage once took place on the 15th August each year (IFC Schools MSS 665, 440). When inspected by Peter Danaher (ASI) in 1967 he described it as 'a watercress-filled pool, 3m in diam. with modern cattle opening into it.' (SMR file)
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 31 May 2012
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.