Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Crowpark (1st Division), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crowpark (1st Division)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Coordinates
- 53.55755, -6.80391
- SMR number
- ME036-050----
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
Located at the bottom of a S-facing slope and on the floodplain of a SW-NE section of the River Boyne c. 120m to the SE, and c. 700m W of the town. This is thought to be the location where St Lommán baptised Foirtchern, the son of Feidhlimidh and grandson of Laoghaire, the king of Tara (Athey 1955). It is described as St Patrick’s Well in gothic lettering on the 1836 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map but it does not survive at this location. It had a cure for headaches and a rag tree (French 2012, 15, 16).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 July, 2019
References
Athey, Canon R. 1955 An Article on the Foundation and Endowment of the Church of Trim, 432 AD. Ríocht na Mídhe, 1, 1, 32-5.
French, N. 2012 Meath Holy Wells. Meath Heritage Centre
Nearby in the register
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.