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Ritual site - holy well

Doonierin, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Ritual site - holy well, Doonierin, 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
Doonierin
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.31525, -8.50967
SMR number
SL008-201----

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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

Located on the sandflats/seabed in Dumcliffe Bay, 7m N of the S shoreline of the bay.

A natural spring, which bubbles up through the sandy floor of the seabed, is enclosed by a rough wall (diam. 2m; H 0.3-0.4m) of low contiguous stones, with a gap (Wth 0.7m) at NW. The wall is one stone wide and one to two stones high. The stones are seaweed-covered. The well is visible and accessible only at low tide. According to local tradition, it is dedicated to St. Columcille, and curative properties are attributed to the waters (pers. comm. Tamlyn McHugh, 2014). The Pattern Day is on the 9th of June. There is a low-tide routeway (SL008-182----) across the bay c. 40m E of the well.

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 22 July 2014

Attached images:
SL008-201----_01.JPG viewed from the NW
SL008-201----_02.JPG viewed from the S

Nearby in the register

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

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