Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Killyon, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killyon
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.48761, -6.97068
- SMR number
- ME041-006002-
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
Situated in a clearing within deciduous woodland and at the bottom of a slight N-facing slope with the W-E River Deel c. 35m to the N. It is dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, but John O'Donovan, writing in 1836, had little faith in this (Herity 2001, 82). It is a circular consolidated well (int. diam. 1.2m; D 1.1m) approached by steps from the W. It is surrounded by a paved walk (Wth 1.7m), a flower bed (Wth 1.7m) and a low wall and wire fence (diam. 8m). A statue of the Blessed Virgin in a shrine at the E edge of the path is the only evidence of veneration. It took on its present appearance in 1954 (French 2012, 46-7).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 March, 2015
References
Herity, M. (ed.) 2001 Ordnance Survey Letters: Meath. Dublin. Four Masters Press
French, N. 2012 Meath Holy Wells. Meath Heritage Centre
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.