Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Peterstown (navan Upper By., Newtownclonbun Par.),peterstown (navan Upper By., Trim Par.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Peterstown (navan Upper By., Newtownclonbun Par.),peterstown (navan Upper By., Trim Par.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Peters Well
- Coordinates
- 53.56342, -6.77650
- SMR number
- ME036-051----
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
A well is depicted on the W side of a farm laneway on the 1836 edition of the OS 6-inch map but it is described as St Peter’s Well in italic script only on the 1912 edition. The well is said to have had a cure for headaches (IFC, vol. 698, 39). No trace of the well is extant as it was filled in c. 1995 (Kelly 2003, 72).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 July 2019
References
Kelly, D. 2003 Medieval Trim / Porchfield / Newton Trim. The Significance of the Medieval Heritage in the Modern Town of Trim – Newtown Trim. Unpublished MUBC thesis. University Co
IFC Schools' MSS: Irish Folklore Commission Schools' Manuscripts. Department of Folklore. University College, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Burnt spreadunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Cross - High cross (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.