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Ritual site - holy well

Kilbarry, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Kilbarry, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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