Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Corstown (Ardee by), County Louth, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corstown (Ardee by)
- County
- Louth
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Finians Well
- Coordinates
- 53.84971, -6.35683
- SMR number
- LH018-010----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Marked on the 1911 'OS 6-inch' map as 'St. Finian's Well'. The OS Letters refer to a well dedicated to St. Fiónan and a station being held here at one time (CLAJ 1921, 32). The well hole (diam. 0.55m) was almost closed in when inspected by ASI in 1966.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 4 July 2012
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.