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Ritual site - holy well

Cloonagh (Carbury By.), County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Cloonagh, County Sligo, 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
Cloonagh (Carbury By.)
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
St. Molaisses Well
Coordinates
54.36768, -8.62798
SMR number
SL004-006----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Marked on the 1837 and 1912 editions of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a NE-facing slope a short distance above Sligo Bay. Spring well now housed within a modern cement-built structure. There are a number of legends concerning St. Molaise associated with the monument (ITA Survey 1942-4).

Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan

Date of upload: 17 April 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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