Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Aughris (tireragh By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aughris (tireragh By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.27795, -8.76388
- SMR number
- SL012-098----
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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 pasture, situated a short distance above the rocky shoreline at Aughris Head. Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. When inspected in 1993 this holy well consisted of a natural spring flowing from beneath a scarped slope where the field borders the shoreline. Since that date, the spring has been enclosed by stone slabs to create a small pool or well. Adjacent to the spring, a modern drystone wall (L 3m; H 1.7m), constructed of stone slabs, has been built against the scarp, enclosing a slab-lined altar (L 1.55m; W 0.7m) on which stands a small modern statue of the Virgin Mary. Immediately to E of this is a 'prayer cairn' of small stones. According to local tradition, the well is dedicated to St. Patrick. The whole complex is enclosed by a post and wire fence.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.