Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Well
Ballykean, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykean
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- The Lords Well
- Coordinates
- 53.22137, -7.25588
- SMR number
- OF026-020----
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
Well marked on 1st. ed. OS 6-inch map at E side of stream, 1913 ed. has it marked on W side. Stream now dredged and well no longer visible. (ITA Survey 1942).
Not visible at ground level.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.