Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Glebe (boyle By., Danesfort Ed), County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Glebe (boyle By., Danesfort Ed)
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Tober Connellan
- Latest-edition OS map
- Tober Connellan
- Coordinates
- 53.92445, -8.11315
- SMR number
- RO011-045----
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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
At the bottom of a terrace on the W bank of the S-N Killukin River, c. 140-160m to the E. The site of this holy well was recorded by John O'Donovan in 1837 (O'Flanagan 1931, vol. 1, 120), but even then it had been abandoned. It is now occupied by a concrete well and pump-house. Killukin Church (RO011-047001-) is c. 500m to the NNE, and rath (RO011-046----) is c. 160m to the ENE on the other side of the stream.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1931 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Roscommon collected during the progress of the
Ordnance Survey in 1837. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.