Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy tree/bush
Cooleeshill, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cooleeshill
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.96763, -7.73297
- SMR number
- OF043-067004-
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
Natural spring well (OF043-067003-) enclosed by a flagstone surround with holy bush beside well located inside enclosure marked on the map as St. Kieran's Church Yard. No other features visible.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.