Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Kilbarry, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbarry
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Barrys Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Barrys Well
- Coordinates
- 53.77434, -7.89645
- SMR number
- RO030-001001-
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
At the bottom of the S-facing slope of an E-W ridge, at the junction with the flood-plain of the River Shannon. A small conserved D-shaped well (dims 1.2m x 0.9m) is within a circular enclosure (int. dims 9.8m E-W; 9.5m N-S) defined by a masonry wall (Wth 0.45m; H 0.8-1m) and it also contains a tree, flowers and a shrine. A cairn (RO030-001002-) (Wth 1-1.5m; H 0.5m) is heaped against the outside of the wall. The pattern was held on 15 August but is now held on 15 February, the date of the saint’s death (Beirne 2000, 329). Kilbarry church (RO024-016001-) is c. 300m to the N. (O'Connell 1988, 59)
See the attached image taken from the NE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
O'Connell, M. 1988 An examination of how some Co. Roscommon holy wells feature in the cult of the holy well in Ireland. Journal of the Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society 7, 58-65.
Beirne, Rev. F. 2000 The Diocese of Elphin. People, places and pilgrimage. Blackrock. The Columba Press.
Nearby in the register
- Penitential stationunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.