Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Curryroe, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curryroe
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St Bridgets Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Bridgets Well
- Coordinates
- 53.39887, -8.02920
- SMR number
- RO051-066----
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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 low-lying position on the E bank of a small S-N stream or drain. St Bridget's holy well, which is c. 110m NE of Drum church (RO051-063001-), was conserved in 1987-9. This is a circular well lined with limestone and surrounded by limestone paving stones within an enclosure defined by a masonry wall. Archaeological testing (04E1491) c. 80m to the E failed to produce any related archaeological material (Halpin 2007).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Halpin, B. 2007 Curryroe. No archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 377, No. 1456. Dublin. Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.