Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykilcline
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Toberbarry
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberbarry
- Coordinates
- 53.82953, -8.02075
- SMR number
- RO023-048----
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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 and 1914 eds of the OS 6-inch map, and situated at the base of a gentle W-facing slope c. 30m from the NE shore of Kilglass Lough. Known locally as a holy well (Coyle 1994, 37-8), it is now a patch of dense scrub (dims c. 5m x 4m). Killglass church site (RO024-005002-) is c. 600m to the SSE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Coyle, L. 1994 A parish history of Kilglass, Slatta, Roosky. Kilglass Gaels GAA Club. (Printer Roscommon Herald, Boyle)
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Crannogunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.