Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Well
Blackfriary (2nd Division), County Meath, Ireland
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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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
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
- Religious house - Dominican friarsunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.