Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Corracreigh, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corracreigh
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Patricks Well
- Coordinates
- 53.79946, -8.21128
- SMR number
- RO022-090001-
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
Marked on the 1837, 1914 and 1927 eds of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as 'St. Patrick's Well, and situated towards the bottom of a S-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level, and is not known to have been venerated. Mound (RO022-155----) is c. 140m to the WNW. (Gormley 1989b, 62)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Gormley, M. (compiler) 1989b Tulsk parish in historic Maigh Ai. Aspects of its history and folklore. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 2, 61-2.
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.