Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Rathurd (clanwilliam By., Roxborough Ed), County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathurd (clanwilliam By., Roxborough Ed)
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Patricks Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Patricks Well
- Coordinates
- 52.63347, -8.59353
- SMR number
- LI013-024001-
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
Situated c. 10m W of an overgrown trackway, in rolling pasture. Four rectangular stones (L c. 0.8m, D 0.3m; Wth. 0.5m) are arranged at ground level to form a square over the dry-stone cylindrical shaft of a spring well. The S stone has tumbled in, leaving a rectangular aperture (c. 0.5m N-S, by 0.3m). The E stone is set in the ground a step lower than the others and contains a natural hole that is circular in plan. The shaft of the well has been filled-in with rubble to a depth of c. 0.4m below ground level. According to Ó Danachair it was 'A little well of clear water in a field. It is known locally as "The Blessed Well" but no devotions are performed, and no traditions survive. The parish is dedicated to St Patrick.' (Ó Danachair 1955, 202).
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 March 2013
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1955 The Holy Wells of County Limerick Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 85, 193-217
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Dovecoteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.