Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Frankford, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Frankford
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Cormacs Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Cormacs Well
- Coordinates
- 53.17907, -7.73320
- SMR number
- OF031-011----
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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
On level pasture land. Natural spring well enclosed by round arched stone canopy with the word Cormac inscribed over the arch. There is a stone cross on top of the canopy with stations of the cross erected around the well. These improvements are all modern additions. (O' Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 43)
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
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1933 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the King's County collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Bray.
Nearby in the register
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- Churchyardunder 1 mi
- Crucifixion plaqueunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.