Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Lorrha, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lorrha
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Rodans well
- Coordinates
- 53.09161, -8.12164
- SMR number
- TN004-010007-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Situated on the E side of Lorrha village with the nearby Augustinian priory (TN004-010006) to the N. A rough rectangular well (dims. 0.9m x 0.8m) enclosed by a D-shaped stone wall with cobblestone paving. The top of the well is covered by an iron grille which gives access to seven steps leading down to the water of the well.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian canonsunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.