Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Clonmore (ballybrit By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonmore (ballybrit By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Kierans Well
- Coordinates
- 53.06609, -7.79041
- SMR number
- OF039-006----
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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
Holy well with modern concrete surrounds with steps leading down to a stagnant pool of water which appears to be polluted. One of the stations on the pattern held on St Kieran's day. Described in the OS Letters of 1838 as 'St. Kieran's Day, 5th March, is still held a holiday in this parish. His well lies about a quarter of a mile from the Church yard to the south at the foot of a tree in a low flat of ground'.
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
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.