Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Well
Dromagarraun, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dromagarraun
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54455, -9.21836
- SMR number
- LI018-117----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In undulating pasture, at foot of S-facing slope. Roughly-circular well (0.78m E-W; 0.88m N-S) with dry-stone lining, containing water to depth of c. 1m. Dry-stone lining rises to form wall enclosing well (H 1.3m), covered by single lintel, with opening facing S. Short passage (Wth c. 0.8m) leads to opening from trackway c. 1.7m to S. No indications of holy use.
Compiled by: Denis Power
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.