Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
Summerhill (rathnaveoge Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Summerhill (rathnaveoge Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holly Well
- Coordinates
- 52.88623, -7.88474
- SMR number
- TN023-005----
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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 N side of a steep river ravine, just below the road. No visible trace of a well structure. According to the Schools Manuscript the well is said to have cured a horse (Stout 1984, 90).
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.