Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Greenan, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greenan
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberacoll
- Coordinates
- 54.04270, -8.42752
- SMR number
- SL040-134----
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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 damp valley between two ridges. There are no visible remains of this well. According to Wood-Martin (1892, 355-6, n. 1), it was 'formerly held in estimation as "holy"'. 'Tobernamulla' holy well (SL040-133----) lies c. 200m to NW and a stretch of the road known as Bothar an Corann (SL033-145----) is c. 200m to the SE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - embanked barrowunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.