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Well

Blackfriary (2nd division), County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Well, Blackfriary (2nd division), County Meath, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Blackfriary (2nd division)
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.56021, -6.79010
SMR number
ME036-048023-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

An oval, earth-cut well (dims 1.42m; D 2.2m) containing silty sand that was closed with clay containing stone and slate was recorded in excavation (E002398). The skeletal remains of an adult male, who had suffered a traumatic death and can be dated to the 15th century, had slumped into the well through the collapse of its sides. Three other truncated inhumations were recorded in the vicinity. (Seaver 2011)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 17 February, 2015
Amended: 11 August 2023

References

Seaver, M. 2011 Blackfriary, Trim: medieval burials and well. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2008: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 294, No. 987. Dublin, Wordwell

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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