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Ritual site - holy well

Kilnamanagh (Frenchpark By.), County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Kilnamanagh, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilnamanagh (Frenchpark By.)
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St Patricks Well
Latest-edition OS map
St Patricks Well (Site of)
Coordinates
53.89540, -8.39665
SMR number
RO009-055----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked similarly on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and situated towards the bottom of a NE-facing slope with Kilnamanagh church (RO009-056001-) c. 150m to the SW. It is not visible at ground level. Archaeological testing (07E0767) during 2007 c. 100m to the SW failed to produce any related material, (Read 2010b).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Read, C. 2010b Kilnamanagh: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 413, No. 1496. Dublin. Wordwell.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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