Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilmacumsy, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmacumsy
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church Well
- Coordinates
- 53.85653, -8.22461
- SMR number
- RO016-096001-
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
In a hollow on an undulating landscape, and regarded as a holy well c. 1910 (OS Name Books). Described as a circular stone-lined well with an opening to the W (Gannon 1972). It is now a pond (L 30m NE-SW; Wth 8m NW-SE) with two pump-houses in a field known as `Cave Field'. The possible souterrain site (RO016096002-) is c. 50m to the SE, while church (RO016-097001-) is c. 120m to the ESE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gannon, A. 1972 Archaeological survey of Roscommon. Unpublished typed index cards prepared for Roscommon County Council.
OSNB 25-inch. Ordnance Survey Name Books compiled in the course of the 1:2500 survey of Ireland. National Archives of Ireland.
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.